In Search of Biblical Blue
Throughout the time of the Talmud, the Techelet string was included in the Tzitziot of the men of Israel. Where is it today? Where does the authentic dye come from?
Biblical Blue
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Fins, Scales, and Snails
Where does the biblical blue “techelet” dye come from? A fish? A snail? A mollusk? Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld takes us on a thrilling journey to find out…
Argaman and Techelet
Archaeologists have uncovered numerous ancient dye-producing factories all over the Mediterranean coast, with large heaps of snail shells alongside them...
Modern Techelet
There is a tradition from Rebbe Nachman of Breslev that right before Mashiach comes, the mitzvah of the techelet in tzitzit will be reinstated...