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The Incomparable Merit of Ruth \ Tehillim
L’Iluie HaNeshamos Esther Leah bas Yehudah Yoseph and Meira Leah bas Michael
“Please HaShem, for I am Your servant, I am Your servant — the son of Your handmaid, You have loosened my bonds” (Tehillim 116:16).
What was King David’s intention in declaring, “I am Your servant — the son of Your handmaid”?
King David acknowledged the powerful merit of his great-grandmother, Ruth, the Moabitas.
Ruth withdrew from her people, detached from her idols, and brought herself under the Wings of the Shechinah.
Ruth was very beloved to Hashem because on her merit, the holy spark of King David emerged.
Yet, why does the verse conclude with the phrase, “You have loosened my bonds”? If King David was “a servant to Hashem,” why did he declare, “You have loosened my bonds,” implying that he is a free man and not “a servant to HaShem”?
King David thanked HaShem for releasing him from the servitude to his body and the earthly delights. As long as a person is subject to the whims of desire, he cannot truly serve HaShem.
On the merit of Ruth, King David overcame the impurity of the material influence, and ascended to the pristine heights of Holiness, Joy, and Divine Service.
Recite the verse, “Thank you HaShem, for I am Your servant, I am Your servant — the son of Your handmaid, You have loosened my bonds” Internalize the lesson of this holy verse by thanking Hashem for giving us the merit to conquer our desires and for elevating us with the sanctity to be His servant.
The two women who share today’s yahrzeit, epitomised the holy attribute of Ruth.
(Based on the commentary of Rav Moshe David Valli)
