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January 10, 2021
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Sefunei Temunei Chol – DISCOURSE ON: TREASURES HIDDEN IN THE SAND

Sefunei Temunei Chol – DISCOURSE ON: TREASURES HIDDEN IN THE SAND 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

This is a clarification of the Law concerning the existence of the “Hillazon” even in our time. If we are able to obtain and to dye with it the “Techelet” in order to fulfill the “Mitzvah” of “Tzitzith” completely; so that we may learn to be in awe of G-d through the medium of sight,…

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November 12, 2020
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Rav Nachum Rabinovitch and the Art of Ancient Dyeing

Rav Nachum Rabinovitch and the Art of Ancient Dyeing https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12141245/f0263e15c495f8e6adc81fce02cdb856.jpg 470 500 Anonymous User Anonymous User https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1f9a41ddb264a63179e775797eaf85d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 12, 2020 November 12, 2020

By Baruch Sterman –November 12, 2020 “The Worst Jobs in History,” a lesser-known but very entertaining BBC series, ran sporadically from 2004 to 2006. Just as it sounds, it was an engaging presentation of some of the truly repulsive career choices made throughout the ages. One of the most highly rated episodes―which suggests that this…

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June 25, 2020
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The Messiah’s Blue-Colored Snail

The Messiah’s Blue-Colored Snail https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/25012954/snail-1.jpg 870 472 Anonymous User Anonymous User https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1f9a41ddb264a63179e775797eaf85d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 25, 2020 January 10, 2021

Jan. 17, 2014 by Diana Bacharach Nir A snail is pictured from the Ptil Tekhelet, a small factory at the entrance to the Kfar Adumim settlement in the Judean hills, Israel. Photo by tekhelet.com. After a thousand-year mystery, raging passions, countless research and one snail who will supposedly help the Jews finally fulfill the commandment…

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June 18, 2020
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Millennia of Murex

Millennia of Murex https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/18163551/72805770_2464384243631094_3529410700000624640_n.jpg 300 241 Anonymous User Anonymous User https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1f9a41ddb264a63179e775797eaf85d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 18, 2020 June 18, 2020

Among the more unlikely “marriages” arranged by human ingenuity is the one between the Chinese domesticated silk moth, Bombyx mori, and the Mediterranean sea snails of the Muricidae, or murex, family. The sea snails produce a pigment that, when brought together with silk, led to the world’s longest-lasting fashion statement. Written by Philippa Scott G.…

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April 20, 2020
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Techeiles Differences Between Ptil, Chabura, and Valles

Techeiles Differences Between Ptil, Chabura, and Valles 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 April 20, 2020 April 20, 2020

Q: 1) Is Techeiles Chabura (chabureh?) Techeiles supposed to be lighter in shade than Ptil Tekhelet? I have a set which I bought last year and I noticed that the the color is much closer to sky blue, as opposed to my Tallis Gadol strings (Ptil Tekhelet) which are much closer to indigo colored. If…

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April 3, 2013
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Of Snails & Things: “The Rarest Blue” Awarded Jewish Book Journal Award

Of Snails & Things: “The Rarest Blue” Awarded Jewish Book Journal Award 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 April 3, 2013 April 23, 2020

The Rarest Blue is an example of a book that is worthy of attention both for its literary merit and for its Jewish interest…A story of science and religion, of craft and history. The Rarest Blue is spellbinding, each page a revelation. In lovely, engaging prose, the Stermans reveal the rediscovery of snail indigo—a detective…

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January 9, 2013
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Jewish Journal Book award announced

Jewish Journal Book award announced 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 9, 2013 April 23, 2020

https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/111794/Judy Taubes Sterman and Baruch StermanThe making of a memorable book requires the skills of an alchemist. Every author starts with the raw material of his or her own experience and expertise, but it can take a certain secret ingredient — passion, vision, inspiration — to transform the dross into gold. That is a fair…

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February 27, 2011
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Rediscovered, Ancient Color Is Reclaiming Israeli Interest

Rediscovered, Ancient Color Is Reclaiming Israeli Interest https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/25222802/BLUE-1-jumbo.jpg 1024 682 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 27, 2011 February 25, 2020

By Dina Kraft Feb. 27, 2011 RAMAT GAN, Israel — One of the mysteries that scholars have puzzled over for centuries is the exact shade of blue represented by “tekhelet,” which the Bible mentions as the color of ceremonial robes donned by high priests and ritual prayer tassels worn by the common Israelite. What was…

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