Fragments of woven woolen cloths discovered in copper mines in Timna are among oldest use of true plant dyes discovered in Middle East Nir Hasson Jun 29, 2017 Dozens of fragments of brightly colored fabric from the time of King David and Solomon have been found in an archaeological excavation at Timna in southern Israel,…
read moreMaj. A.Y. Katsof June 16, 2019 Into the indigo blackness of the Soviet night, two men stepped out of a frame of electric light into the concrete warren of a Soviet khrushchyovka. Physicist Dr. Baruch Sterman, at the time a researcher at Bell Labs, together with his best friend Professor Ari Zivotofsky, peered back into…
read moreבפרשת “שלח” מציינת התורה את המצווה לצבוע בצבע התכלת את פתילות הציצית. מה מאחורי ציווי זה? דניאל ליפסון – 17.06.2019 “דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם וְנָתְנוּ עַל צִיצִת הַכָּנָף פְּתִיל תְּכֵלֶת“. בתקופת המקרא ולאחר מכן בימי בית שני, התעטף עם ישראל בטליתות, כאשר חלק מפתילות הציצית היו צבועות…
read moreExodus 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 28:5 — הַזָּהָ֔ב וְאֶת־ הַתְּכֵ֖לֶת וְאֶת־ הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ן Exodus…
read moreמס’ שאלה 18552 א. והרי יש קושיה חזקה מאוד על הרמב”ם? -בעירובין צו: ‘המוצא תכלת בשוק’ דמספקינן האם נצבעו לשם ציצית או ללבושים אחרים, ואם כהרמב”ם ליכא ספיקא כלל, דהרי חציו צבוע בתכלת וחציו בלבן? ב. והלא הגר”א גם היה מקובל עצום ופסק כהראב”ד? – “בת יחידתא חוליא תכלת שבציצית. והוא חוט הרביעית כדעת…
read moreIn Petronius’ Cena Trimalchionis, Trimalchio chides his slaves Philar-gyrus and Carius, ‘you are such terrible fans of the Greens.’ [Petron. Sat.70.] The use of color in games, which is reflected in literature, makes a powerful statement about the Romans and their loyalty to sports teams. The four chariot teams were known by their colors: Green, Blue, Red,…
read moreWhat did Nero and Caligula have in common, besides being murderous megalomaniacs? Both were ardent Greens. In Constantinople some 500 years later, Justinian and his wife Theodora were passionate Blues. The Blues and Greens were two of the factions in chariot racing, who were supported by the populace in huge numbers. Along with their less…
read moreBy Gavriel Horan | DECEMBER 11, 2018 Looking for the chilazon off the coast of Greece. Film director Chananya Kramer (center) with Rabbi Yitzchok Elchonon Zak (left) and Rabbi Yechezkel Toporowitz of Techeiles L’chosvei Shemo, which produces techeiles for Eretz Yisrael (Photos KolRom Media) He was in the fourth grade at the Hebrew Academy of…
read moreThe History of Sapoon-Soap Soap making history goes back around 5000 years. The first recorded archeological evidence of the manufacture of soap-like materials is dated to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon. Babylonians had discovered the basic method of making soap, using Cassia oil (the tree that cinnamon is extracted from) boiled with ashes and…
read moreQ: What is the correct way to tie Techeilles? A: Interestingly enough, there is actually no source found in the meforshim, commentaries, to tie techeilles the way we currently tie lavan (regular white tzitzis). The reason for this is because the way regular white tzitzis is currently tied was invented after techeilles was lost, aproximately 1,300 years ago! This…
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