וַתֹּאמֶר רוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה אֶל נָעֳמִי אֵלְכָה נָּא הַשָּׂדֶה וַאֲלַקֳטָה בַשִּׁבֳּלִים אַחַר אֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ לְכִי בִתִּי
Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “I would like to go to the fields and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone who may show me kindness.”[JPS translation]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. How does gleaning function as a hunger relief mechanism?
2. How does gleaning affect the poor? The owner of the field?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)