The Bible tells the stories of many widows, and it takes their side. It calls God “a judge of the widows” (Psalm 68:5), and his law told Israel to feed and protect them. Jesus raised a widow’s only son, and the first church fed its widows every day. Naomi, Ruth and Anna are among the best known. Behind all of it is a promise God made in the law of Moses: “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.…

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