“Many People to Do Wickedly”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

President Spencer W. Kimball used to say that the most important word in the English language may be remember (see commentary at Helaman 5:5–12). The Book of Mormon constantly iterates and reiterates: “Oh, remember, remember …” The Baal Shem Tov, leader of Hassidic Jewry in Eastern Europe over two and a half centuries ago, made a famous remark that for many years was emblazoned in giant letters at the exit of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem: “Forgetfulness leads to exile, but remembrance is the secret of redemption.”

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Vol. 2

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