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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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refer only to the
thread of
tekhelet. The
tekhelet strand serves this purpose,
explains the Talmud, for the blue
color of
tekhelet resembles the ocean, which...
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called Tekhelet ("תכלת").
Tekhelet and
white are
sacred colors for the
Jewish people. In the
Torah there is a
mitzva to put a
Tekhelet thread in the...
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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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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...
- 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...
- (tzitzit) d**** 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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Tekhelet colored Star of David, as
depicted on the flag of Israel....
- 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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Costly and labor-intensive dyes
Tyrian purple (or "royal purple") and
tekhelet were
historically made by the
ancient Phoenicians,
using mucus from the...
