A short audio clip from a shiur by Rabbi Asher Weiss. The full QA session can be seen here: https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/926624/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyBRw0vp564&ab_channel=BlueFringes-Techeiles Here’s the transcript: Participant: I know the Rav’s stance on Techeiles is we shouldn’t wear Techeiles. The Rav is going into more of an explanation — Rabbi Weiss: I never wrote we shouldn’t wear. I wrote…
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Date: Feb. 17, 2005 We have on our Tzitziyot and Talitot what is called Kerichot. These are the knots and wrappings that are found on each of the four strings on our Talet Gadol (large shaul worn over our garments) and Talet Kattan (Tzitzit worn under our garments.) The question was asked as to how…
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Question: What is Ha-Rav’s opinion about wearing Techelet? Answer: We only wear white. This is based on three reasons, each of which is sufficient on its own: 1. One of the authorities of last generation, the “Beit Ha-Levi,” Ha-Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Brisk, held that in the absence of a continuous tradition, it is…
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There is a tradition from Rebbe Nachman of Breslev that right before Moshiach comes, the mitzvah ot the techelet in tzitzit will be reinstated… https://www.breslev.co.il/articles/foundations_of_judaism/jewish_outlook/modern_techelet.aspx?id=12188&language=english By: Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld Publish date: 6/10/2009, 11:44 Biblical Blue, Part 4 A contemporary of Rav Herzog’s, Alexander Dedekind of Vienna, suggested in his work Archeological Zoology (Vienna, 1898, p.…
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Archaeologists have uncovered numerous ancient dye-producing factories all over the Mediterranean coast, with large heaps of snail shells alongside them… By: Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld Publish date: 6/4/2009, 22:40 https://www.breslev.co.il/articles/foundations_of_judaism/jewish_outlook/argaman_and_techelet.aspx?id=12129&language=english Biblical Blue, Part 3 But which of the many species of snails is the one which produces the Techelet dye? It was pointed out earlier that…
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Where does the biblical blue “techelet” dye come from? A fish? A snail? A mollusk? Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld takes us on a thrilling journey to find out… https://www.breslev.co.il/articles/foundations_of_judaism/jewish_outlook/fins__scales__and_snails.aspx?id=12086&language=english By: Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld Publish date: 5/31/2009, 00:45 Biblical Blue, Part 2 What color is the Techelet dye? Here we have very clear, specific information. The…
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New Series: The Mitele Ruv z”l 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…
read moreRecently 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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