I know I know. Amare’s Jewishness is doubtful and he associated with the Black Hebrews more. He also doesn’t wear a yarmulke. Still, Tzitzis with Techeiles is Tzitzis with Techeiles.
Awesome Pic: Amare Stoudemire Wearing Techeiles
Top Uber-Yeshivish Phrases and Translations
Hold My Bags Yeshivish for “I agree:” “I hold.” Yeshivish for “I disagree:” “I hear.” I hold = my opinion is… I hear = I don’t give a sh** “Where are you holding?” = “What gemara are you currently learning”…
Top Gedolim That Wear/Wore Radzyner Techeiles
The Rebbe, Maharsham of Berzan He wanted to be buried with the techeiles. R’ Itizkel Ponovitcher R’ Chaim Ozer Rudzhinsky He supposedly wore it on his tallis katan R’ Chaim Berlin (possibly) R’ Akiva Yosef Shlessinger Rabbi Yitzchok Noson Nochum…
Rabbi Hershel Schachter -Wearing Tzitzis in or Out?
Bottom-line, R’ Hershel Schachter says to wear them in. To quote: Chacham Ovadia [Yosef] writes that Hashem should forgive our brothers, the Ashkenazim, for wearing their tzitzis out because al pi Kabbalah, you’re not supposed to… The Torah says…
More Gedolim, Rabbis, and Awesome People that Wear Techeiles
Earlier I wrote a preliminary post on Gedolim/Rabbis wearing techeiles, which is comprehensive but far from complete. I’ve been privileged to receive a kuntrus on pro-Techeiles Rabbis (both past and present), as well as from other sources. Here are more…
Review on Hamodia Inyan on Techeiles/Tekhelet
I recently read R’ Avraham Heschel’s 2 part series (Part 1, Part 2) on Techeiles in Hamodia’s Inyan magazine. Firstly, R’ Heschel is a tremendous Talmud chochom and a prolific writer. The fact he wrote about Techeiles further spreads awareness…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher – Jews in Khazaria – Kuzari – 2012 – Philosophy Intro
Also known as Intro to Jewish Philosophy 1 of 2 2012-07-16. Originally by TorahAnytime. Part 2 of 2 was never uploaded. For the record, not all Jews are from Khazaria, and ethnically are all descended from converts, notably when everyone…
R’ Herzog Letter to R’ Shraga Heiman on Radzyner Techeiles
Recently R’ Avraham Heschel revealed a letter from 1954 where R’ Herzog addressed a letter. לכבוד הרב שרגא היימן הי״ו, בבני ברק. (אחרי דרישת שלומו הטוב) אחדשה״ט, מכתבו הגיעני, והנה לעצם הדבר אני כבר כתבתי על זה ספר גדול…
When Israel Uses Google Translate
What Exactly is a Psil, as in Ptil Tekhelet?
What does Ptil mean? According to Google Translate, modern Hebrew translates it as “thread.” However, Biblical Hebrew has a much broader definition to it and thus explains why with techeiles in Tzitzis there are differences in opinion how many strings…
Oslo What? Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat
Another oldie but goodie. This is the late 1970’s. Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat had just signed the Oslo Peace Process. Shortly afterwards, they went to the western wall to say some prayers. As soon as they were…
A Tale of Two Civilizations – Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Permission to share “with my friends” granted by the author himself. A beautiful explanation of the back-drop to how the ancient Egyptians didn’t trust anybody and that the Jews were in a bad situation being in Egypt.