The logic here is that the “Kesher Elyon” is unclear if it’s the knot closest to or farthest from the Beged, so this satisfies both if one wants to be Machmir on the double knot according to the Mordechai.
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From his website: Rabbi Yonatan Halevy, affectionately known as Rabbi Yoni, is the Rabbi and Spiritual leader of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim. Brief Biographical Sketch Rabbi Yonatan studied at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland, for five years, before pursuing his Rabbinical Ordination at the Sheheber Sephardic Center in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yonatan received his…
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Full sefer here Selected text translation: Let’s say in the Gemara concerning “Ptziyas chilazon” that one is מתעסק (unaware) regarding the killing of it (in other words, that is not what your intent is, you are just trying to get its blood) the explanation is not the simple way most understand it (and therefore one…
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Famous Chassidic singer. Also runs a wonderful school for teens who otherwise would “fall through the cracks.”
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A Rebbi at Yeshivas Har Etzion. He was an early adopter.
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האדמו”ר מראדזין, ר’ גרשון העניך ליינר ספרי התכלת, פתיל תכלת, דף קלב בהא נחתינן ובהא סלקינן, שהגם שזכינו לתכלת אין לנו לשנות מנהגנו של חמישה קשרים וט”ל כריכות דהיינו שבעה, ושמונה, ואחד עשר, ושלש עשרה, אלא שיש לעשות הכריכות שלש שלש, כמו שבאמת יש נוהגין לעשות כן גם בלבן, כדי שיהיה מנין י”ג חוליות, והגם…
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