Nature in the Parasha – Parashat Tetzaveh PDF Version By: Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum This week’s parasha centers around the garments of the Kohanim when serving in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The exquisite fabric of the garments were woven together from linen, gold and wool dyed in…
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.
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 ושם…
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…