April 5, 2017 HERE I WAS, DIGGING IN THE SAND ALONG THE MEXICAN SHORES OF HUATULCO, A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN WITH NATURAL COVES, LAGOONS, AND MAGNIFICENT CLIFFS OVERLOOKING THE ENDLESS OCEAN. THIS WAS NO VACATION, THOUGH. I WAS ON A MISSION — TO SEARCH OUT A PARTICULAR SNAIL AND TEST IF ITS SECRETION COULD BE…
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Credit to R’ Dovid Aronin for supplying the audio pieces. Lecture 1: R’ Yona Reiss Av beis din of the cRc. His position was anti but with a hint of pro. May 25, 2025 https://bluefringes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/r-yona-reiss-AUDIO-2025-05-25-23-42-20.m4a Download Audio File Lecture 2: R’ Chaim Twerski Rabbi, Bais Chaim Dovid Having worn Techeiles for decades, R’ Chaim Twerski…
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By Baruch Sterman Community Corner June 22 2022 Rabbi Twerski once recalled how in his childhood, there were some in his community who wore the Tekhelet threads produced according to the great Hasidic Rebbe, Gershon Henokh Leiner (1839-1890), scion of the Ishbitz-Radzyn dynasty. In a bold attempt to restore the neglected biblical commandment recited daily in the…
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Researchers believe the dye came from sea snails By AARON REICH JULY 1, 2019 16:02 Archeological findings have uncovered the first ever biblical era purple dye workshop at the Tel Shikmona archeological site. The site, which is south of Haifa, dates back to the Iron Age (11th to sixth century BCE), and was first excavated…
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A mosaic of the Byzantine empress Theodora from 547AD (Credit: Alamy) 24 November 2023 By Zaria Gorvett, @ZariaGorvett For millennia, Tyrian purple was the most valuable colour on the planet. Then the recipe to make it was lost. By piecing together ancient clues, could one man bring it back? At first, they just looked like stains. It…
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Baruch Sterman, an Israeli scientist, has taken an interest in producing the blue dye he believes is tekhelet from snails. Author of the article: Joe Schwarcz • Special to the Montreal Gazette | Publishing date: Feb 07, 2020 French zoologist Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers rediscovered the three mollusks that were capable of producing purple-blue dyes. He also suggested…
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meirathebear April 19, 2021 Hi Sewcialists! My name is Meira, and today we’ll learn about tekhelet (pronounced, teh-KHEH-let, with a “kh” like the sounds in challah, Bach, or Khaled). Tekhelet refers to both a dye and the colour it made. It was once precious to Jews and was lost for many centuries, but its influence…
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Iron Age site for creating expensive dye discovered near Haifa Nathan Steinmeyer March 15, 2024 The site of Tel Shiqmona, a factory of Tyrian Purple. Courtesy Mayzenb, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Tyrian purple, tekhelet, royal purple: All names for an incredibly expensive, ancient dye. While this dye is often associated with the Phoenician city-state…
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Speak to B’nei Yisrael and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner. NUMBERS 15:37 (THE ISRAEL BIBLE) ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | BIBLICAL NEWS | DECEMBER 22, 2021 |5 MIN READ After being lost…
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Archaeologists Reveal an Ancient Factory of Purple Dye Archaeologists have revealed a major production site for one of history’s most luxurious, and smelliest, colorants. Licensed Image 1: A person’s hand holds a snail’s shell, its purple innards exposed. “Tyrian purple, one of the most expensive dyes in ancient times, is extracted from the mucus glands…
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