…the
foundation of the religion of God which was laid by Moses was the cause of
eternal honor, the advancement and development of the nation and the life of
the Hebrew people. The dogmas and blind imitations which crept in later debased
the Israelites and caused them to be expelled from the Holy Land and to be
scattered throughout the earth.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words
of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, From a talk at San Francisco’s Jewish Temple, October 12,
1912, San Francisco, USA, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’) (To see
the entire talk please visit Talks of
‘Abdu’l-Baha)
