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) 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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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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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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Tekhelet colored Star of David, as depicted on the flag of Israel....
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ISBN 2-7028-2076-X Numbers 15:38. Tekhelet.com Archived 30 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, the Ptil Tekhelet Organization Mishneh Torah, Tzitzit...
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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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Shlomo Yosef Englard (section Authority on Tekhelet)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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157–159 Rabbi Gil Student: Proofs for the Oral Torah See http://www.tekhelet.com Ptil Tekhelet The Talmud explains this concept entails monetary compensation...
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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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Menelik's knowledge. He had asked Solomon only for a single tassel from the tekhelet-coloured travel cloth covering the Ark, and Solomon had given him the entire...
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(Germany): Johann Godfried Müller, 1789), vol. 2, pages 148–174. see Tekhelet#Sepia officinalis "Has the long lost chilazon, source of the biblical blue...
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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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Gershon Henoch Leiner (section Tekhelet)
Grand Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Henech Leiner of Radzyn (1839 – December 15, 1890) was a rebbe of the Izhbitza – Radzin dynasty, and the first to be known...
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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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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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