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.
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…
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…
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…
Preface: I personally am a big fan of techeiles being restored. Ptil Tekhelet has done a tremendous job in compiling the 100+ years worth of research and has made this wonderful Mitzvah available to us. I also want to express…
Judaism as a culture and religion is admittedly reactive by nature. One example, in terms of Halacha, Jews blow the Shofar on Mussaf rather than Shacharis, since the Romans got scared of battle calls against them and in response they…
***UPDATE 2018-10-15*** I composed an additional list of More Gedolim, Rabbis, and awesome people that wear techeiles here. This list is in no particular order though only should show the quality of Rabbis that are proudly wearing Tekhelet from the…