Home Last Updated: February 16, 2004 NEW: Rav Shlomo Miller, Shlit”a, of Toronto has written a teshuva against the murex snail techeiles. A typed version appears in the Documents page. Has the long lost chilazon, source of the biblical blue techeiles dye been rediscovered? Much has been written in recent times about the murex trunculus…
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Understanding the Criteria for the Chilazon Mendel E. Singer, Ph.D. , 2000 This article originally appeared in the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School sponsored journal, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. 40, Sukkot 2001. Reprinted with permission. Bio: Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Background The Torah commands us…
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שאלה 268962 לכבוד הרב מוצפי שליט”א מה דעת כת”ר לגבי פתיל תכלת בטלית תודה שב”ש תשובה: תכלת?????? שאלה 291771 לכבוד הרב שליט”א, ידוע שישנם ארבעה דברים שצריכים חותם בתוך חותם וסימנן חבי”ת חלב, בשר, יין,ומהו הדבר הנוסף. ישר כח, תאריכו ימים! תשובה: תכלת. שהיו צובעים את חוט הציצית. קברי צדיקים שאלה 119362 לכבוד הרב הייתי…
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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17657-chalazion A chalazion is a red bump on your eyelid. It’s sometimes called an eyelid cyst or a meibomian cyst. It slowly forms when an oil gland (called a meibomian gland) becomes blocked. At first, the chalazion may be painful, but after a little time, it usually doesn’t hurt. A chalazion typically forms on the underside…
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