By COLlive reporter
FYI, Guinness World Records.
Rabbi Menachem Kenig, a Lubavitcher sofer stam who lives in the Israeli city of Rechovot, has completed what he says is the largest Megillas Esther scroll in the world.
Measured at 75 cm long, Kenig said that the challenge wasn’t writing the story of Purim in such large letters but finding a large enough skin of a kosher animal to serve as parchment for the scroll.
The Megillah is available at the Roeber Bindery in Kfar Chabad whose owner Daniel Roeber created a specialized leather case for it.
The new scroll surpasses a Megillah written by sofer Menachem Safernovitz of Bnei Brak in 2011 that was measured at 72 cm and sold for close to $5,000. Another Megillah claiming to be the largest was for sale in Jerusalem and was said to be 63 cm.
finally a megilah that you can share with all your friends
Having experience difficulties holding my large standard (19 inches) megilla in shul, i would think that smaller is indeed better in this case. why would anyone want to be burdened with this cumbersome megilla, other than to show off, of course.
It is a bit like the guys with an esrog that is so big you need both hands to hold. Why would anyone want that?!
Danny Roeber is the king of leather Judaica!!!!! We love you Daniel!!
I have scene it the latter’s in a regular safer Torah is 0.32 inch 0.8 cm and this megilah is 0.55 inch 1.4 cm
He sold it
Is it for sale?
Should be measured by square footage, not just by one dimension.