"masra'ih is a moslem religious endowment, and it is consequently impossible, under existing laws in this country, for it to be sold. however, as the friends are aware, the ministry of religions, due to the direct intervention of the minister himself, rabbi maimon, consented, in the face of considerable opposition, to deliver masra'ih to the baha'is as a holy place to be visited by baha'i pilgrims. this means that we rent it from the department of moslem and druze affairs in the ministry of religions. the head of this department is also a rabbi, dr. hirschberg. recently he, his wife and party, visited all the baha'i properties in haifa and 'akka, following upon a very pleasant tea party in the western pilgrim house with the members of the international baha'i council." ("baháʼí news", no. 244, june 1951, p. 4)