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    Tekhelet (Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת‎ təḵēleṯ; alternative spellings include tekheleth, t'chelet, techelet, and techeiles) is a highly valued dye described as either...
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    Tzitzit (section Tekhelet)
    refer only to the thread of tekhelet. The tekhelet strand serves this purpose, explains the Talmud, for the blue color of tekhelet resembles the ocean, which...
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    is called Tekhelet ("תכלת"). Tekhelet and white are sacred colors for the Jewish people. In the Torah there is a mitzva to put a Tekhelet thread in the...
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    (tzitzit) dyed with tekhelet; "so that they may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them" (Num 15:39). Tekhelet corresponds to...
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    sages) permit using wool and linen strings in tandem only when genuine tekhelet (see below) is available, whereas kabbalist sources take it a step further...
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    ingredients is red dibromo-indigotin, the main component of tyrian purple or tekhelet. The dye will turn indigo blue, similar to the color of blue jeans, if...
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    Jewish thought the color of tekhelet corresponds to the color of the heavens and the divine revelation. The blue color of tekhelet was later used on the tallit...
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    Tekhelet colored Star of David, as depicted on the flag of Israel....
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  • factors, including Rome outlawing the use of Tekhelet by commoners, the source and practice of using a Tekhelet thread in Tzitzit was lost for most Rabbinic...
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    Costly and labor-intensive dyes Tyrian purple (or "royal purple") and tekhelet were historically made by the ancient Phoenicians and Jews respectively...
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    produced a blue colour after light exposure which could be the one known as tekhelet (תְּכֵלֶת), used in garments worn for ritual purposes. The dye substance...
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  • Rabbinic Jews, which has no tekhelet. This is regarded as a violation of the Torah, which requires that tzitzit be made with tekhelet. The tzitzit worn by some...
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    located near the town of Shikmona, a center for making the traditional Tekhelet dye used in the garments of the high priests in the Temple. The archaeological...
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    tent, and in part a wooden enclosure draped with ten curtains, of blue (tekhelet תְּכֵלֶת), purple (’argāmān אַרְגָּמָן), and scarlet (šānî שָׁנִי) fabric...
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    Retrieved 22 October 2024. Numbers 15:38. Tekhelet.com Archived 30 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, the Ptil Tekhelet Organization Mishneh Torah, Tzitzit...
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  • Red-violet Rose pink Royal purple Russian violet Slate blue Soap Steel pink Tekhelet                     Thistle Tickle Me Pink Tropical indigo Twilight lavender...
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    Englard is the current Radziner Rebbe. He is considered an authority on Tekhelet and Rabbinic genealogy Englard was born in Brooklyn New York. At the time...
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    him famous in the Jewish world, concerned his claim of re-discovering Tekhelet, the type of blue dye once used for the making of Tzitzit. In 1935 he visited...
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    Korah asked Moses the following questions: "Does a tallit made entirely of tekhelet need fringes?" To Moses' affirmative answer, Korah objected: "The blue...
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    hyacinths in Normandy in France Cross section of Hyacinth orientalis cultivar Tekhelet - meaning "bluish violet" or "blue" in Hebrew, was translated as hyakinthos...
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  • preceding work; 2d ed., with additions by Moses Ḥagiz, Amsterdam, 1709) Petil Tekhelet, on the Azharot of Solomon Gabirol (Venice, 1652; 2d ed., London, 1714)...
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  • Talmud, Oxford University Press, 1990. pp 157–159 See http://www.tekhelet.com Ptil Tekhelet The Talmud explains this concept entails monetary compensation...
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  • Sterman has carried out research, written, and lectured on the topic of Tekhelet, the ancient Biblical Blue dye, and has helped reconstruct the manufacturing...
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    chazal permit using wool and linen strings in tandem only when genuine tekhelet is available, whereas kabbalist sources take it a step further by encouraging...
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    Mountain Glory. Ithaca, 1959. ISBN 0-295-97577-6 Navon, Mois. "Sublime Tekhelet". The Writings of Mois Navon Nicolson, Marjorie Hope. "Sublime in External...
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    attached to any four-cornered garment, and a thread with a blue dye known as tekhelet was originally included in the tzitzit. However, the missing blue thread...
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  • alternating with pomegranate-shaped tassels in blue, purple, and scarlet—tekhelet, argaman, tolaat shani. Ephod: a richly embroidered vest or apron with...
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    door between it and the Holy Place overlaid with gold; also, a veil of tekhelet (blue), purple, and crimson and fine linen. It had no windows and was considered...
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    indigo, resulting in blue hues known as royal blue, hyacinth purple, or tekhelet. Given its economic importance, indigo has been prepared by many methods...
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    supporters in the arms of the new borough. Columbia blue Carolina blue Sky blue Tekhelet Tincture (heraldry) Scott-Giles, C. W. (1958). Boutell's Heraldry (rev...
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