All People Have Dignity

פרשת במדבר / ג’ בסיון תשפ”ב – מ”ז בעומר

In the Book of Ruth, Boaz is presented as a great man of charity. Yet he allows the poor to glean his fields and thus forces them to go to the threshing floor, then to the bake the bread. Wouldn’t it be kinder to the poor just to give them bread? The answer is that would take away from the poor’s dignity.

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