The stories of Samson and Ruth offer an interesting contrast in regards to who was more faithful to Torah. Ruth, who is suffering greatly after losing her husband converts to Judaism, “…your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die…” (Ruth 1:16). Boaz recognized that Ruth had surrendered to God when he says, “I have been fully informed of all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth and came to a people you had not known yesterday or previously. May God reward your deed, and may your payment be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under Whose Wings you have come to seek refuge” (Ruth 2:11-12). In addition,
