Human (H'you'man) Sacrifice

Gedolim stranded in a Russian town on Yom Kippur cannot agree who should lead Ne'ilah, until an elderly local points to a quiet man in the corner and tells them what he has lived through. What that man says at the amud is hard to forget. Why do we read Megillas Rus on Shavuos, and why is it full of hints to yibum? If Klal Yisrael said naaseh v'nishma at Sinai, why does the Midrash Tanchuma say Hashem held the mountain over them? So many of us look for happiness in pleasures that fade quickly. Before Shavuos comes a hard question: is there anything you would truly give yourself for?Thank you Yona Veffer for help with our recording devices. Technical support for this podcast was done free by Eli's Podcast Productions לע"נ לאה בת יונה.