B.B. Royvensteyn

Returning to Bethlehem

THE BOOK OF RUTH IS READ ON SHAVUOT ‘We should never have left Bethlehem,” the older woman was saying. “It was bad enough when Elimelech died; what a shock to my system. I blame him for what happened to my boys. Not to mention, there was this parcel of land….” “Your boys…,” Ruth thought sadly….