around his head as in hide-and-seek, wrapping his whole body in it, close and slow, snuggling into it like the cocoon of a butterfly, then opening would-be wings to fly. Anyone who has ever worn a ...

The commandment of tzitzit is that the threads of the tzitzit should be white and techelet, as it is said: “And they shall make for themselves tzitzit (from white threads) on the corners of their ...

The Torah adds that some of these threads should be dyed the color of techelet. The color techelet is produced from a marine creature known as the hilazon. Beginning about 1,500 years ago, the ...

On Feb. 19, we read the Torah portion of Terumah, wherein which we are told of the donations made to the construction of the Tabernacle in Moses’ time. What is Techelet, and why do we not see it on ...

Parashat Shelach ends with the commandment of tzitzit, and is followed immediately with the story of Korach. What is the connection between the two? The most obvious connection is the idea that ...

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When my father offered to weave blue techelet threads onto my tallit, I was so surprised that I said no. It took me several minutes to re-consider my reflexive reaction, but it took me another year ...