Boaz's grainpile and Ruth's vulnerability

From my Times of Israel blog

Sharing a blog I wrote in the Times of Israel for the holiday of Shavuot, during which the book of Ruth is read. The blog also includes a link to a though-provoking documentary about Jewish poverty:

Boaz's grainpile and Ruth's vulnerability

Image: Marc Chagall’s Ruth at the Feet of Boaz:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/marc-chagall/ruth-at-the-feet-of-boaz-1960