A response to Dr. Singer’s review of murex Trunculus as the source of tekhelet Baruch Sterman, Ph.D.1 We would like to thank Dr. Singer and Rabbi Cohen for allowing us to respond to the article, “Understanding the Criteria for the Chilazon.” The primary goal of the P’Til Tekhelet Foundation is to encourage and promote interest…
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A Thread of Blue How the lost colour of the Torah was found again, and why it may belong on your tzitzis Twice a day, every day, we say that the Torah asked for a thread of techeiles on the corner of the garment. Then we look down at the corner and there is no blue…
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Ein HaTecheiles is Rav Binyomin Zev Horvitz’s focused treatment of the color of Techeiles. The kuntres deals with a question that became surprisingly central in the modern Techeiles discussion: what color is the Torah’s Techeiles supposed to be? Rav Horvitz argues that the plain mesorah, the Gemara’s comparison to the sea and sky, the Rishonim,…
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Chosam Shel Zahav is Rav Binyomin Zev Horvitz’s kuntres on the identification of the Chilazon used for Techeiles. Its main argument is that the Murex trunculus, known in Hebrew as the argamon keheh kotzim, fits the evidence for the Chilazon of Chazal. The sefer gathers the major lines of evidence in one place: the Tosefta…
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Download: Techeiles Talks Audio Shiurim This series was tailored as a response to Mordechai Hershfeld’s anti Techeiles shiurim series, which directly caused people to have doubts, and as a result, actively not putting on Techeiles. Prior distribution locations: Judaica Plaza Z. Berman Books Ohr Chaim/Scheiners Reach out to bluefringes613@gmail.com if you’d like a USB version…
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Rabbi Yisroel Rosenberg’s Halacha Sefer on Techeiles. Download PDF
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ספר העיטור by יצחק בן אבא מארי Download PDF Hilchos Tefillin starts on page 122 (107 – ND) of the PDF, and Tzitzis starts on page 145 (130) and goes to 169 (154). Manuscripts: Vatican: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.ebr.143 Manuscript 1 HebrewManuscripts_org_1764 Manuscript 2 HebrewManuscripts_org_1765
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