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December 2, 2021
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Techelet – The Blue Thread

Techelet – The Blue Thread https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/03014621/art_img_2207.jpg 289 202 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 2, 2021 December 3, 2021

When the ‘inyan of techelet began to be debated during the late 1800s, due to the efforts of of Rabbi Gershon Henich Leiner, the Radzyner Rebbe, to restore this mitzvah… Source: https://www.breslev.co.il/articles/breslev/customs_and_thought/techelet_the_blue_thread.aspx?id=2207&language=english By: Rabbi Dovid Sears Publish date: 12/25/2007, 19:42 Le‘ilui nishmat Leib ben Yitzchak Ya’akov Sears, a”h – Yartzeit: 30 Shevat, Rosh Chodesh Adar…

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November 11, 2021
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Techeiles in the Torah – Number of Times

Techeiles in the Torah – Number of Times https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 11, 2021 November 11, 2021

Techeiles is mentioned 49 times in the Bible. Exodus 25:4 — וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת Exodus 26:1 — שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר וּתְכֵ֤לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ וְתֹלַ֣עַת Exodus 26:4 — וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ לֻֽלְאֹ֣ת תְּכֵ֗לֶת עַ֣ל שְׂפַ֤ת Exodus 26:31 — וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ פָרֹ֗כֶת תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת Exodus 26:36 — לְפֶ֣תַח הָאֹ֔הֶל תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת Exodus 27:16 — עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אַמָּ֗ה תְּכֵ֨לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן וְתוֹלַ֧עַת Exodus…

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October 26, 2021
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THE MITELE RUV Z”L and TECHEILES

THE MITELE RUV Z”L and TECHEILES https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/26034802/Yehoshua_Rokeach.jpg 630 864 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 26, 2021 October 26, 2021

As we finished a series of articles on the Ershter Ruv z”l, we’ll continue with a series on the Mitele Ruv z”l. Reb Yehoshua Rokeach known to Chasidim as The Mitele Ruv z”l, was the youngest son of the Ershter Ruv. The Mitele Ruv z”l shaped Belz in very significant ways built on the foundations laid…

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October 26, 2021
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HALACHA—–t’cheiles – FrumTeens

HALACHA—–t’cheiles – FrumTeens https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 26, 2021 October 26, 2021

Recently I have been looking into the “Efrat” tcheilis which has come onto the market in the past 7-8 years. It appears almost 100% positive that this techeiles (the snail kind, and not the Radzyner’s squid, which has long been discredited) is the genuine item. I have asked a number of poskim both in YU…

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March 8, 2021
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Lavan and Tekhelet According to the Rambam

Lavan and Tekhelet According to the Rambam https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 8, 2021 March 8, 2021

Rav Moshe Taragin The first mishna in the fourth perek of Menachot determines that two components of tzitzit operate independent of each other. Ideally tzitzit should contain both white stands as well as tekhelet strands. If either cannot be located, the mitzva can still be performed with the lone alternate colored stands. As the mishna states, the tekhelet and the white strands are not me’akeiv one another; although they ideally complement each other, the absence of one does…

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January 10, 2021
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The Blue Thread

The Blue Thread https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

Rabbi Gershon Hanoch Leiner 1839-1891 “Speak unto the Children of Israel, and bid them that they make fringes in the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the corners a thread of blue.” (Numbers 15:38) Gershon Hanoch Leiner was thirteen years old and his Bar Mitzvah not…

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January 10, 2021
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Crisis in Blue

Crisis in Blue https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

by Rav David Bar-Hayim When, as a teenager, my father used to tell me that he did not like me wearing jeans, I usually asked: “Why not? After all, what difference does it make what material the pants are made of?” My father’s reply – referring to the hippie, rock and roll and anti-establishment subculture…

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January 10, 2021
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Hidden Blue

Hidden Blue https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

In honor of the 100th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Leiner, the Radziner Rebbe, the Modern Catalyst for the Renewed Interest in the Search for the Identity of the Chilazon by Rabbi Leibel Reznick A few years ago, while I was exploring the ruins at the base of the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount,…

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January 10, 2021
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Techelet in the Holy Zohar

Techelet in the Holy Zohar https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

Techelet in the Holy Zohar Parshat Shelach Lecha (Numbers, chapter 15) The Commandment of Tzitzith (fringes) enables us to remember all the Mitzvoth (Commandments) of the Torah, as it is written “And you shall gaze upon it, and you shall remember all the Commandments of HaShem (G-d) and do them.” This is the sign of…

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January 10, 2021
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Otzar Sichot Tzadikim – Beged Ivri

Otzar Sichot Tzadikim – Beged Ivri https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

Otzar Sichot Tzadikim Techelet in the Holy Zohar Hidden Blue — in honor of the 100th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Leiner, the Radziner Rebbe Understanding the Criteria for the Chilazon by Dr Mendel E. Singer. Further information can be found at chilazon.com. “A third opinion“ Crisis in Blue by Rav David Bar-Hayim Translated from Otzar Sichot Tzadikim (Treasury of Discussions…

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