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1 New Shekel Ruth in Boaz's Field
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse lettering | ישראל ISRAEL إسرائيل 1 שקל חדש NEW SHEKEL شيكل جديد 2020 התש"ף ✡︎ רות בשדה בועז RUTH IN BOAZ'S FIELD راعوث في حقل بوعز |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a finely rendered biblical scene in low relief against a matte field: two robed figures face one another across a gently rolling hillside, exchanging stalks of wheat. The female figure on the left, representing Ruth, is veiled and draped in flowing robes, holding gathered wheat in both hands. The male figure on the right, representing Boaz, extends a bundle of wheat toward her in a gesture of generosity. In the lower portion of the field, a dense stand of wheat stalks is rendered in intricate detail, evoking the harvest setting described in the Book of Ruth. The design is executed in a stylized, sculptural manner characteristic of Israeli commemorative coinage. |
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Part of the Bank of Israel's ongoing Biblical Stories series, this issue commemorates the Book of Ruth — one of only two books in the Hebrew Bible named after a woman. The scene depicted draws from Ruth's practice of gleaning in Boaz's fields near Bethlehem, a legal provision under Mosaic law (*pe'ah* and *leket*) that obligated landowners to leave portions of their harvest for the poor and the stranger.
Ruth herself was a Moabite, making her presence in Israelite fields a pointed subtext: the same laws protecting her would have been unusual to apply to a foreign widow.