By Rafi Hecht – 23 Sivan 5785 – June 19, 2025 (Photo Credit: Yehoshua Halevi/Dreamstime) There’s plenty of hesitation today when it comes to wearing techeiles. For some, it’s treated like a lost cause: a mitzvah removed from our day-to-day lives, with the assumption that only Moshiach can bring it back into practice. But that assumption…
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Rav Hershel Schachter ונתנו על -ציצית הכנף פתיל תכלת – And they shall place upon the tzitzis of each corner a thread of turquoise wool. (Bamidbar 15:38) In 1887, Rav Gershon Henoch Leiner, the Radziner Rebbe, wrote the sefer Sefunei Temunei Chol about his attempt at identifying the techeiles. He was interested in preparing for…
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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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