7 Archives - Blue Fringes - Techeiles - Tekhelet - Techelet

rhecht
June 17, 2022
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Rambam with Double Knots Before and After

Rambam with Double Knots Before and After https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/17180446/IMG-20220617-WA0003.jpg 757 1600 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 17, 2022 May 21, 2023

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.

rhecht
July 30, 2021
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Tosafos R’ Yitzchok Twerski

Tosafos R’ Yitzchok Twerski https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/30160701/CF7AD1E2-433B-4A6A-ADF9-39CD4F8CB518.jpeg 1196 1600 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g July 30, 2021 July 30, 2021

Basically 7 Tosafos Chulyos with 7 winds per Chulya. This is in line with R’ Hershel Schachter’s reasoning to factor in the Raavad’s minimum length of winds.

rhecht
August 6, 2020
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North Africa/Molcho 10-5-6-5 Method

North Africa/Molcho 10-5-6-5 Method https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/06182913/north-africa-molcho.jpg 609 3873 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g August 6, 2020 March 7, 2023

10-5-6-5 add up to the numerical equivalent of 26, which is YKVK (the Tetragrammaton). This is a centuries-old tying Minhag (Italian Jews; Spanish, Portuguese and North African Sephardim).

rhecht
May 10, 2020
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Rambam 7 with 5 Knots, Chabad Chulyot Crisscrossed

Rambam 7 with 5 Knots, Chabad Chulyot Crisscrossed https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10055423/rambam-7-chabad-chulyot-crisscross.jpg 1536 2048 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g May 10, 2020 June 29, 2020

5 Knots as per Rashi and a sense of tradition. Re: criscrossing as per the Ben Ish Hai, this tyer has seen this in a citation from ספר תרומת הדשן .

rhecht
April 1, 2020
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Rambam R’ Hershel Schachter 1.0

Rambam R’ Hershel Schachter 1.0 https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07165311/rambam-schachter.jpg 200 285 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 1, 2020 April 29, 2020

R’ Hershel Schachter learns the Rambam’s way of separating chulyos by knots. He also started out doing seven 3-wind Chulyos. For those that want to use Rambam ratio strings, this option is available.

rhecht
January 29, 2020
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Rosh, or Reverse Chinuch Method

Rosh, or Reverse Chinuch Method https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/29230406/301967EF-A309-4282-B477-BB0B79A311AB.jpeg 720 960 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 29, 2020 August 24, 2022

Some prefer 7 Techeiles Chulyos instead of 6. This method allows for it by doing blue-white-blue in between knots 2-3 and 3-4. From VilnaGaon.org: “A Discussion of the Viewpoint of the Rosh on Tying Tzitzit With Tekhelet In the commentary of the Rosh on the Torah in the book Hadar Z’kainim, at the end of…

rhecht
January 7, 2020
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Rambam 7 Yemenite with 5 Knots Tying – “Erlau Tzitzis”

Rambam 7 Yemenite with 5 Knots Tying – “Erlau Tzitzis” https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16170244/IMG_5486.jpg 3024 4032 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 7, 2020 December 21, 2021

R’ Aron Steinmetz gave Shiurim at the Erlau Beis Medrash in Boro Park back in July 2018. This Tallis was present at that event which a photographer took due to it’s aesthetic appearance.

rhecht
January 7, 2020
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R’ Yaakov Nagen of Otniel Tying

R’ Yaakov Nagen of Otniel Tying https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/17150227/B1146A9B-6903-4EC6-BE54-4DC755F724E8.jpeg 720 960 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 7, 2020 September 22, 2020

This is sort of a reverse Amram Gaon, where the first and last Chulyos are Techeiles, with one wind white before and after. Bottom-line, his understanding is that the 7 Chulyos representing the 7 heavens should be the color blue, which is the color of the sky. That’s why he reverses the tying order.

rhecht
January 7, 2020
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Tosafos R’ Hershel Schachter

Tosafos R’ Hershel Schachter https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/17145656/C7308EE4-C59C-49B3-A82C-2AA58CE15F23.jpeg 250 716 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 7, 2020 December 3, 2021

The thought behind this opinion is as follows: 7 winds of 7 chulyos is based on that the Gemara in Menachos (Perek Hatecheiles) states “no less than 7, no more than 13.” Almost every commentary assumes that those numbers refer to 3-wind chulyos. However, the Gemara isn’t explicit in what exactly the numbers 7 or…

rhecht
January 6, 2020
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R’ Shalom Arush (Breslov) Tying Method

R’ Shalom Arush (Breslov) Tying Method https://bluefringes.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/17193842/shalom-arush-tying-method.jpg 1529 2048 rhecht rhecht https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cf4ea0e3d991f0dbaa91512dcb5916b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 6, 2020 February 22, 2021

This tying method is an interesting combination of 7-8-11-13, divided by both knots and Rambam-style Yemenite chulyot. Rather than the first and last winds only being techeiles, the first and last chulyot are winds, and white is used in the event a chulya ends and begins at one of the 5 knots. The final result…

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