Yehuda Davis explained that he arrived at his ratio of white to blue strings based on the Mishnah Berurah’s presentation of the view of Rashi and Tosafos. In choosing a tying method, he reviewed the various approaches and found that Rabbi Schachter offered the most compelling analysis of how his method satisfies the opinions of…
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HaRav Binyomin Zev Horvitz is a Bnei Brak-based talmid chacham and author best known for his serious halachic work on modern-day Techeiles. In a subject that can get noisy very quickly — part Gemara, part mesorah, part archaeology, part chemistry, and part communal nerves — Rav Horvitz took the quieter route. He sat down with…
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R’ Avrohom Gross is a Talmid Chacham living in Jerusalem who has researched Techeiles in depth over the last few years. He has been an integral part of the Chabura and issued a series of shiurim in support of the murex trunculus as the Chilazon shel Techeiles. R’ Gross is presently working on an in-depth…
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Rabbi Meir Hellman published Levush HaAron, a thin kuntreiss on Techeiles, addressing many of the questions and providing quick, solid answers to each of them. In 2013 R’ Yisroel Belsky ZT”L wrote a haskama to it. At the time no such book existed for this sugya. Rabbi Hellman also gave a presentation at an Agudas…
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From https://tekhelet.net/SpeakersBureau.htm (slightly modified): Joel Guberman, OTR/L Joel Guberman is co-founder and director of the Ptil Tekhelet Association. Joel was responsible for taking the initiative to organize the Ptil Tekhelet Foundation for the purpose of educating Am Yisrael about the new-found candidate for tekhelet as well as making the dye widely available to all interested in acquiring it for…
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A Rebbi at Yeshivas Har Etzion. He was an early adopter. From https://etzion.org.il/en/authors/rav-yehuda-rock: Alumnus of Har Etzion, teacher of Tanakh and member of Beit Hillel. Author of Eved HaMelekh (on Tzitzit and Tekhelet), Kol Melakha (on Melekhet Machshevet), and the new Achat Diber – on methodology in Tanakh and on parashot Bereishit-Noach.
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One member of the Techeiles Chabura, Chavrusa of R’ Yisroel Barkin and selling Techeiles online from Lakewood.
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R’ Tavger was the first person to wear Tekhelet with a Bracha. From Tekhelet.net: “Rav Tavger is the Rabbinical advisor of the Ptil Tekhelet Association. His involvement with tekhelet began in his kollel studies during which time he published his first work on tekhelet in the Journal Moria, with the blessing of HaRav Hagaon Shmuel Auerbach S”hlita. Further in depth…
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from tekhelet.net: “Baruch Sterman is co-founder of the Ptil Tekhelet Association. Baruch received his doctorate in Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he developed a CO2 laser used for both medical and industrial purposes. He received his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. For the past fifteen years, Baruch has been a leading executive…
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Mois Navon is an engineer by profession and a rabbi by passion. Modelling himself on the principle of Torah U’Madda (Torah & Science), Mois received his degree in engineering from UCLA and his rabbinical ordination through the Mercaz Harav yeshiva. In the realm of Madda, Mois is one of the founding engineers of Mobileye, where…
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