Renowned Neil Rosenstein Releases The Updated Text of Megillat Eivah

Neil Rosenstein, a world-renowned genealogist and expert in medieval Jewish history, releases updated book text of Megillat Eivah (The Scroll of Envy), the biography of the great rabbi and Talmudic scholar Rabbi Yomtov Lipman Heller who died in 1654.

June 14, 2018 – Elizabeth, NJ – World-renowned Jewish genealogist Neil Rosenstein recently announced the release of a newly revised and updated abridged text of Megillat Eivah. Megillat Eivah tells of the life and challenges of the great rabbi and Talmudic scholar Rabbi Yomtov Lipman Heller in 17th century Europe.

The story is reread by descendants at a special occasion known as the Sudat Tosfot YomTov which is celebrated by a festive meal on the second day of the Jewish Rosh Chodesh (new month) of Adar.

This abridged version of the story allow children to participate and understand the events which the Rabbi relates in his book. This work has been republished many times. Rosenstein, together with Rabbi Chaim Uri Lipschitz, originally published a full version in English New York in 1984.

Rosenstein spent an extended period of time carefully translating and editing Megillat Eivah with the intention of making this obscure document accessible to the masses. Over time, the language has been refreshed and updated to match the current times. This is the first abridged revision of the document. “Because many descendant know little about the biography of this great rabbi, I felt an English translation would help to shed light on his trials and tribulations. Further, the families who are not well-versed in Hebrew would be able to celebrate the festive meal with an English reading of the text, either in full or in an abridged format,” said Rosenstein.