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with regard to the Moabites themselves, is it not clear all the more so that they should be attacked?
To counter this, God said to him: That which has entered your mind has not entered Mine, because I have two virtuous fledglings [feridot], i.e., girls, to extract from them: Ruth the Moabite, who will be the foremother of the dynasty of David, and Naamah the Ammonite, Solomon’s wife, from whom t
Ulla continued: And are these matters not inferred a fortiori? If for the sake of two virtuous fledglings God had pity on two large nations and did not destroy them, then if the daughter of my teacher! Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda, was righteous, and she had the potential for something good to emerge from
§ Having mentioned the Moabites and Ammonites, the Talmud cites that R' Ḥiyya bar Abba says that R' Yoḥanan says: God does not deprive any creature of its reward. He rewards every person for his good deeds, and provides reward even for using pleasant speech by using euphemisms.
As with regard to the descendants of the elder of the two daughters of Lot, who said that the name of her son, whom she conceived with her father, would be Moab, meaning: From father, God said to Moses: “Do not be at enmity with Moab, neither contend with them in battle,” indicating that specifica