In reply to by Shoshana

But Ruth the Moabitess was allowed to marry into Yisrael because "women are not responsible for hospitality outside the home" [and thus they were not culpable] is based on the masculine in the Torah Moabite "men" shall not enter into the Congregation of Yisrael.
["because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt;"]
This halachic ruling found in Talmud Tractate Yevamoth 76b and is based on Parsha Vayeira: Avraham is asked a halachic question when he is asked outside in the shade of the terebinth, “Where is Sarah …?” B’rashith 18.9
His answer, "In the tent," means she was responsible for what hospitality happens inside the home.
In Lot's wife's case (“Idit”), she was stingy with salt and punished for that inhospitable behavior.

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