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According to https://bluefringes.com/notable_people/r-moshe-shternbuch/ Rabbi Yisroel Barkin mentioned that one of R’ Shternbuch’s grandson’s wrote against Techeiles, and R’ Shternbuch signed off on it without doing the proper research. Now that he has done the research, he since then obtained a few … Continued
Hebrew Source: https://www.facebook.com/Tekhelet/posts/2416799201701416/ Rabbi Moshe Zuriel August 25, 2019 · (24 Av 5779) Question: It occurred to me to hang Techelet threads in my Tzitzit garment, because I saw several people who did so. But recently some Chareidi rabbis announced … Continued
The information in this article comes from a video entitled True Blue the story of Tekhelet part III at https://www.tekhelet.com/video-library-2/ According to Dr. Baruch Sterman, former Israeli Chief Rabbi Herzog, who wrote a doctoral thesis on Tekhelet was not aware … Continued
Comment: At the outset we suggest if one community is preventing you from doing a Torah mitzva publicly, while a second community is tolerant; this would be a reason to prefer the 2nd community over the first. We will not … Continued
Commment on the video by Shlomo Moshe Scheinman – 13 Tishrei 6782. I plead guilty as charged. I do hope increased usage of Tekhelet will lead to greater demand to restore the Temple and the sacrificial service and I rely … Continued
Excerpt from: A Solution to Fundamental Problems Regarding Tekhelet I will relate as a matter of principle to the question, is it possible to renew the mitzva of Tekhelet or other mitzvas {or to be more loyal to the Hebrew … Continued
R’ Yisroel Belsky ZT”L wore Tekhelet Quote from https://www.mywesternwall.net/2017/11/03/top-32-rabbis-and-founders-wearing-tekhelet-techeiles.html R’ Belsky ZT”L had a complicated relationship with Tekhelet. He likely was influenced by R’ Schachter while working together for the OU. He wore it on his regular Tzitzis when wearing … Continued
Roman Emperor Justinian Seems to Confirm the Identity of the Chilazon Dye Mollusc Quote from Baruch Sterman’s The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered Justinian I, one of the great emperors of … Continued
A comment by Shlomo Moshe Scheinman on the video/audio that appears below. Because the timing of the rediscovery of Tekhelet has some importance for my article A Solution to Fundamental Problems Regarding Tekhelet and Rabbi Barkin without intention put some … Continued
The Chilazon according to our sages was the source of the blue Tekhelet dye needed for the commandment of Tzitzit. Rabbi Herzog’s initial assumption was that the Murex Trunculus mollusc is the Chilazon. According to Baruch Sterman a new correspondence … Continued