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Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab by William Blake, 1795 "The Gleaners", an engraving illustrating the Book of Ruth by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest and, in order to support her mother-in-law and herself, Ruth goes to the fields to glean.
Ruth gleaned at the fields of Boaz throughout the barley and wheat harvests. When the harvest ended, and Boaz was winnowing barley at night at the threshing floor, Naomi advised Ruth to wash and anoint herself, go to the threshing floor, and when Boaz had lain down to sleep, uncover his feet and lie down there. Ruth did as she said.
Shavuot is harvest time (Exodus 23:16), and the events of Book of Ruth occur at harvest time. [54] Because Shavuot is traditionally cited as the day of the giving of the Torah, the entry of the entire Jewish people into the covenant of the Torah is a major theme of the day.
Ruth tells her mother-in-law of Boaz's kindness, and she gleans in his field through the remainder of the harvest season. PEOPLE: Naomi - Boaz - Ruth - יהוה YHVH God. PLACES: Bethlehem. RELATED ARTICLES: Gleaning - Ephah. ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World ...
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops in the field after harvest. During harvest, there is food that is left or missed often because it does not meet store standards for uniformity. Sometimes, fields are left because they were not economically profitable to harvest.
Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem, and Ruth goes with her. PEOPLE: Elimelech - Naomi - Mahlon - Chilion - Ephrathites - Orpah - Ruth - יהוה YHVH. PLACES: Bethlehem, Judah - Moab. RELATED ARTICLES: Barley harvest. ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English ...
The ancient Israelites cultivated both wheat and barley.These two grains are mentioned first in the biblical list of the Seven Species of the land of Israel and their importance as food in ancient Israelite cuisine is also seen in the celebration of the barley harvest at the festival of Passover and of the wheat harvest at the festival of Shavuot.
Shibolet shual (שִׁיבּוֹלֶת שׁוּעָל šībōleṯ šūʿāl) – oats or two-rowed barley. [3] The name literally means "fox ear". Rashi holds this to be oats, and Maimonides holds it to be a type of "wild barley," while Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham called it by its Arabic name sunbulat al-tha'alib (Fox's spike). [4] [5]