19-day feast

I just went to feast and it was really nice ... at the beginning I was like oh! no! this is more of a cooking lesson than a feast (must note cooking tips down actually: cook couscous in a chicken stock, it adds flavour and for a jewel looking rice, fry raisons and barberries with sugar and add to a saffron rice...) ... And then it seemed to be turning into a history lesson about the origin of the name Iran and Persia... (everyone got very excited at this point) and then the truly wonderful bit though was hearing about Mahrou's grandfather... he was the eldest son of a Rabbi so you can imagine it was quite a whooha becoming a Baha'i. There was a meeting with all the Rabbis and some prominent Baha'is of the time and the son said he would become a Baha'i at the end of the meeting if the Baha'ís could prove that the Baha'i Faith was right, otherwise he would become a Rabbi as was expected of him... well the meeting went on till 5am and he became a Baha'i...
He was very close and in love with Abdu'-l Baha.... at a time that funds were needed he donated his only means of lively hood which was a sewing machine.... Abdu'-l Baha heard of this and invited him to Haifa... he sent him to France to study tailoring and predicted that he would have lots of children and be prosperous... this indeed happened... he even became the tailor of the Shah!

It was a lovely eve. and so great to return and hear your good news.