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eing preceded by her brother Joseph in 1807, and by her
other brother (who had changed his name upon conversion to
Christianity to Rochas) in 1813. Dimont says of Eva,
"She preserved the dues-paying membership of Frankism by
combining the scholasticism of the Zohar with the mysteries of
her bedroom into a lucrative religion which enabled her to live
in the grand style of her father. The Kabbala had not taught
her how to retain her youth, however, and her membership
dwindled as her middle-age spread increased." 109
She died in debt and poverty.
After Jacob Frank's death, a letter circulated in 1799 from
Frank's headquarters in Offenbach. It is known as the Red
Epistle of 1799, 110 and was written in red ink. The Epistle
exhorts members of the sect who embrace the "holy religion of
Edom—Christianity." Now, Edom is associated with the color
red, because the Hebrew word for red is adorn, which contains
the same Hebrew letters but different vowels. Hence the red
ink. Scholem labels the Epistle "a mystical theory of
revolution." 111 This author prefers to call it "The Red Kabbala."
Scholem tells us 112 that government officials intercepted
copies of the Epistle, and they suspected its authors of being
hidden revolutionaries, but for the wrong reason. The reason
was there were several references in the Epistle to Jacob,
which led them to surmise that they were in reality dealing with
the Jacobins. 113
"An investigation was ordered on the spot. The authorities who
conducted it in Frankfort and Offenbach, however, did not
delve beneath the surface of the affair and were quickly
satisfied that it involved nothing more than an intrigue to
swindle and extort money from ignorant Jews ... on a deeper
level the authorities' suspicions were fully if unwittingly
justified.' Had they bothered to read and understand not just
the debtor's notice of Frank's children in Offenbach ... but also
the Prophecy of Isaiah that had been composed within the
four walls of the 'court' itself, they would have been amazed to
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