A Banquet at Bahjí
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Bahjí (today: Bahjí, near Acre, Israel)
One July evening in 1919 a pilgrim held a sumptuous banquet at Bahjí. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Himself served about forty guests. Bedouins camping nearby also received a generous share. When their children came, the Master gave a coin to each. In the morning their fathers came to the Master, who was sitting in the garden by the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh writing Tablets, to express their appreciation and to seek His blessing.
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 99
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