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Jalál means “Glory”

Glory means honor that is won

by notable achievements.

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19 Day Feast Pages for Kids

Baha’u’llah’s Mission is to Unify Mankind! For the 19 days of Jalál we can think about and take actions related to GLORY.

Let’s read a Hidden Word from Bahá'u'lláh and what ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says about love:

“In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love…” ~Bahá'u'lláh (also found in Ruhi Book 3, Grade 1, Lesson 3) “Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together

the divers elements of this material world, the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the

spheres in the celestial realms.” ~'Abdu'l-Bahá

“Bahá’u’lláh has drawn the circle of unity… we must all strive with heart and soul until we have the reality of unity in our midst, and as we work, so will strength be given unto us.” ~'Abdu'l-Bahá Love is so glorious! Love is supposed to be in our hearts. Love will help us bring about unity.

• What is supposed to be in our hearts?• Why do you think love is so important and

glorious?• God gave us the capacity to unify mankind.

What a glorious gift to be given!

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FAIZI: Let’s get ready, the Feast of Jalál is almost here! I found out that Jalál means glory.

My dad often says, “God is the Most Glorious!” It seems to make him feel happy when he says

it. God sent us the Manifestations, right? Each Manifestation helps us to love and obey

God. That’s quite an accomplishment, isn’t it?

SOO: Yep! Prayers are really cool and glorious. To memorize a prayer is quite an

accomplishment. We’re all going to make a beautiful, window decoration in Feast class tonight.

I’m bringing some extra flowers for kids that don’t have them. Hey! Bringing joy to others

and helping others is glorious accomplishment, too. What are some other things that are

glorious?

OLINGA: Spring is glorious with all the different kinds of flowers and bright green leaves.

Gosh, I wish our garden had enough roses to make a big heap just like in Baha'u'llah's tent in

the Garden of Ridván. That must have been so… GLORIOUS… with all those nightingales

singing even at midnight! I wish I could have been there.

DOROTHY: Yeah! Isn’t it cool that Bahá'u'lláh is the King of Glory. Baha'u'llah's Teachings

and Prayers could make us glorious because when we read, and study them, and sing out His

Words they change our thoughts, words and ACTIONS! We help bring about unity. It’s the

greatest achievement. Unity is the greatest glory for mankind. I’m glad we are helping to

make it happen.


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Within the month of Jalál begins a very special 12-day festival that called the King of Festivals. It is also called the Festival of Ridván. These are special days when Bahá’ís and friends celebrate the

Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh. The first day of the Festival of Ridván is a holy day. It starts on April 20th

at sunset and lasts until just before sunset the next day. The ninth and the twelfth days of Ridván are also holy days. More on those special days next month.

Bahá’u’lláh’s declaration happened just before His departure from Baghdad to Constantinople. He was being exiled for the second time. The people in Baghdad were so sad that He was going to leave them after living there for ten years. So many people came to His house that He had to leave to allow for his family to prepare for the journey. He and a few companions took a boat across the Tigris River to a garden that is known today as the “Garden of Ridván.” Ridván means paradise.

Bahá’u’lláh stayed in the garden for twelve days. He stayed in a tent. Every day the gardeners piled roses in the center of His tent. The piles were so high that the visitors who sat to drink tea with Bahá’u’lláh could not see each other.

In the midst of blooming roses and singing nightingales, Bahá'u'lláh told His closest companions that He was the Promised One of All Ages as foretold by the Báb. He shared that His Mission was to bring about the unity of humankind.




The picture above came from an event hosted by the Las Vegas Baha'is www.lvbahai.org

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WORD BANK

MAGNIFICENCE

JALAL

GLORY

HONOR

RESPLENDENT

KING OF FESTIVALS

HOLY DAYS

GARDEN OF

PARADISE

RIDVÁN

FESTIVAL

HOLY DAY

GARDEN OF RIDVÁN

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS




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ANSWERS

Magnificence

JalalGloryHonor

ResplendentFestivalHoly Day



What is the secret word?


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CROSSWORD ANSWERS

DOWN

1. BAGHDAD

3. DECLARED

6. TEA

7. FESTIVAL

8. COMPANIONS

12. GLORY

ACROSS

2. JALAL

4. ROSES

5. ISLAND

9. HOLY

10. PARADISE

11. NIGHTINGALES

13. GOD

14. RIDVAN

Down:

1. Bahá'u'lláh was about to

leave _____ for

Constantinople

3. Ridván Is Holy because

Bahá'u'lláh _____ His

Mission

6. Friends in Bahaullah’s tent

drank _____ .

7. The Declaration of

Bahá'u'lláh is known as the

_____ of Ridván.

8. Bahá'u'lláh spoke to His

_____ in the garden.

12. _____ is created by great

and magnificent

accomplishments.

Across:

2. This Bahá’í month’s English

translation is Glory.

4. The gardeners piled _____

in Baha'u'llah's tent.

5. An _____ is surrounded by

water.

9. Days that are significant to

observe are called _____

Days.

10. Ridván means _____ .

11. Birds that sang in the

Garden of Ridván.

13. Bahá'u'lláh means The

Glory of _____ .

14. The Garden of _____ .




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5 Across is just for fun!




You Will Need:

• Crayons (use up some old broken ones!)

• Wax paper

• White paper (to protect ironing surfaces)

• Electric Iron

• Scissors

• Tape (double sided works best)

Steps:

1. Give each child a piece of wax paper that

Is a size for easy handling.

2. Draw a design with crayons on the sheet of wax paper. Use lots of color and go

over it many times. This will ensure the coloring is piled up nice and thick on the wax

paper. Some folks like to shave or grate pieces of crayon and then sprinkle the

colorful flakes on the wax paper. Others like to add dried leaves or flower petals in

their art. Hint: If you draw black lines in crayon around the shapes on your wax

paper, it looks like stained glass art!

3. At the ironing station, carefully place the colored sheet of wax paper face up, on

top of a white sheet of paper. Place another clean sheet of wax paper over the

drawing. Then place a second sheet of white paper on top of the stack.

4. With adult supervision, iron the entire surface. The 2 pieces of wax paper should

melt together when the crayon drawing melts.

5. Hang your art from a sunny window! We like to use double stick tape for this.

Note: After ironing, the art can be easily

cut into shapes like circles, hearts,

diamonds, butterflies, fish, etc. The pieces

can be hung to create a mobile with a bit

of thread and a couple of dowels or

sticks!

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Glory Be Unto TheeWritings of the Báb

http://bit.ly/GloryBeUntoThee-NabilM

UniteWritings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

http://bit.ly/Unite-AliY

Rejoice!A Song for Ridván

http://bit.ly/Ridvan-ElikaM

Nightingale Songshttp://bit.ly/NightingaleSongs

The Festival of Ridvánhttp://bit.ly/Ridvan-Cynthia

The Garden of RidvánThe Bahá'í World Congresshttp://bit.ly/TheGardenofRidvan

What are your favorite prayers and quotations to sing? Send us a Facebook Message, with the hashtag, #MyFavoritePrayerToSing, or #MyFavoriteQuoteToSing so we can feature them!

The Power of Thy NameWritings of Bahá'u'lláh

http://bit.ly/ThePowerofThyName-ElikaM

The Baha'i Festival of Ridvánhttp://bit.ly/Ridvan-Shadnaz

Happy Ridván from Bahá’í’s around the Worldhttp://bit.ly/Ridvan-World

http://bit.ly/GloryBeUntoThee-NabilM

http://bit.ly/Unite-AliY

http://bit.ly/Ridvan-ElikaM

http://bit.ly/NightingaleSongs

http://bit.ly/Ridvan-Cynthia

http://bit.ly/TheGardenofRidvan

http://bit.ly/ThePowerofThyName-ElikaM

http://bit.ly/Ridvan-Shadnaz

http://bit.ly/Ridvan-World

Adapted for children by Anthony A. Lee, Illustrated by Rex John Irvine

http://bahaistoriesforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-black-rose.html

Do you know who ‘Abdu'l-Bahá was? He was a very important person. He was the Son of

Bahá'u'lláh. He was always very kind and good to others. He was the perfect example of

what a Baha'i should be. This is a true story about ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

A long time ago, long before you were born, ‘Abdu'l-Baha came to America. While He

was on His trip to America, He spoke to many different people ... men and women and

children.

He went to many cities - to churches and temples and parks and meetings and houses

to tell people about the Baha'i Faith. He spoke to young people and old people and

black people and white people and tall people and short people and rich people and

poor people...

He told them all about Bahá'u’lláh.

Wherever 'Abdu'l-Baha went, many Baha'is went with Him. They were Baha'is of all kinds -

Persians in Persian clothes, and Americans in American clothes, tall Baha'is and short

Baha'is and rich Baha'is and poor Baha'is and old Baha'is and young Baha'is. And all

colors - white and yellow and tan and brown and black.

Once, while 'Abdu'l-Baha was in New York, He went to a place where many poor people

lived, to tell them about Baha'u'llah. This place was called the Bowery.

Many Baha'is went to the Bowery with 'Abdu'l-Baha. As they walked down the streets,

some people stared at them because

they were so different.

Soon some of the children

started shouting and laughing.

They thought that it was

funny to see so many

different kinds of people

together. And, of course,

they didn't know who 'Abdu'l-

Baha was.

Some of the boys called names

and some even threw sticks at

‘Abdu'l-Baha and the Baha'is as they walked

down the streets.



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Mrs. Kinney was one of the Baha'is with 'Abdu'l-Baha. 'Abdu'l-Baha was staying at her

house in New York. It made her sad to see the boys laughing and shouting at 'Abdu'l-

Baha. So, she went over to speak to the children.

She told the boys who 'Abdu'l-Baha was. She said that He was a very Holy Man. He had

spent many years in prison and had suffered very much, just because He told the Truth

and loved all of humanity. Now He was going to a meeting to tell poor people about

Baha'u'llah.

The boys were sorry for what they had done. "Can't we go to the meeting, too?" they

asked.

"No," Mrs. Kinney said that was impossible. But, since 'Abdu'l-Baha was staying at her

house, they could come there on Sunday to meet Him. She gave the boys her address,

but she didn't really think that they would come.

When Sunday came, the children arrived at Mrs. Kinney's house dressed up in their very

best clothes. She was very surprised to see them. But, she was very happy that they had

come to meet ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

All the boys came into the house. They went up the stairs and walked into a large room.

'Abdu'l-Baha was standing at the door. He was smiling and laughing because He liked

children very much. He met each one of the boys as they came into His room. He shook

their hands and put his arm around their shoulders. His smiles and laughter made them all

very happy.

The last child to come into the room was a little black boy.

When Abdu'l-Baha saw him, He was even happier than before.

In a loud voice He said that here was a black rose.

‘Abdu'l-Baha said these words because he was so happy to see

the last little boy. And, this made the little boy very happy, too.

Now, there is really no such thing as a black rose. Most roses are

red or yellow or pink or white. But, people say that if there

ever were a black rose that it would be the most beautiful

flower of all.

You know that some children are red or yellow or pink or white,

too. And, some children are brown or tan or black. All of them

are like beautiful flowers.

'Abdu'l-Baha loved to be with children of different colors. That is why He was so happy to

see the last little boy who came into the room - because he was different from all the

others.

Now, while the children were in His room, 'Abdu'l-Baha brought in a large box of

chocolate candy. He knew that most little children love candy. He gave every child as

many chocolate candies as he could hold in his hands.

The little boys surely never forgot their visit with ‘Abdu'l-Baha. And they surely never forgot

what 'Abdu'l-Baha had shown them - people of all kinds and colors are beautiful.




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Here is a story about a devoted early Bahá’í, Lua Getsinger (1871-1916). You can find stories about Lua in Brilliant Star Magazine and at Bahá’í Stories for Children. She did her best to serve 'Abdu'l-Bahá which brought glory to her name. When she died, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, upon hearing the news, remained silent for a long time. Later, he was heard repeating, “What a loss.” He revealed a prayer for Lua, praising her humility and asking God to “Exalt her station, submerge her in the ocean of Thy compassion and establish her in midst of the Paradise of immortality..."

• https://www.brilliantstarmagazine.org/articles/lua-getsinger-1871-1916

• http://bahaistoriesforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-proud-helper.html

Check out these links to stories about the 12 days of Ridván. You can find pictures, maps, and details thatdescribe where the King of Festivals took place.• https://bahai-

library.com/merrick_holy-days_declaration_baha

• http://bahaiteachings.org/ridvan-the-greatest-bahai-festival

• http://bahaiteachings.org/ridvan-the-greatest-bahai-festival

https://www.brilliantstarmagazine.org/articles/lua-getsinger-1871-1916

http://bahaistoriesforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-proud-helper.html

https://bahai-library.com/merrick_holy-days_declaration_baha

http://bahaiteachings.org/ridvan-the-greatest-bahai-festival

http://bahaiteachings.org/ridvan-the-greatest-bahai-festival

See you next month!Love,The Gems Kids




Hi guys! Thanks for visiting with us again this month! Some people have sent us messages

and pictures showing how they are using the Feast Pages For Kids. Are you using them

during Feast and children’s classes? If you have any other ideas you would like to share with

us, just send us a note. We are always learning and really appreciate your input!

Next month is Jamál (Beauty) and has two holy days, the Ninth and the Twelfth Days of

Ridvan. There will be some special coloring pages for those days.

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