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We know that blue dye was very expensive in Biblical times and the Torah states the nations of the world traded it as a commodity. There are records in multiple different ancient nations that show the blue dye back then was created from snails: 1. The Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484-425 BCE) mentioned that the Phoenicians produced a highly prized purple dye from sea snails, which may have also yielded a blue dye. 2. The Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79 CE) described the production of Tyrian purple dye from snails, which could turn blue after exposure to sunlight. 3. The Roman writer Vitruvius (c. 80-70 BCE - c. 15 BCE) also mentioned the use of sea snails for producing a blue dye in his treatise on architecture, "De Architectura." 4. Archaeological evidence from a 3,600-year-old workshop on the Greek island of Aegina confirms that the ancient Greeks and Romans produced blue dye from snails. 5. The Greek poet Oppian (2nd century CE) wrote a poem about fishing and described a mollusk that produced a blue dye. Rashi says that the Chilazone was a chomet and he says in another place that a chomet is a snail. Then we have the archeology that shows in Israel stockpiles of murex trunculous shells with holes in the shells where people who created dyes would puncture the shells. This does not prove 100% that the murex trunculous is the chilazon but it is definitely strong evidence of it... so much so Rabbi Belski held it was vadai the correct creature.

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Why is it nobody including the Rav feel this way?

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So butchering and slicing the poor little snail just so the royalty of old could have their fancy colored robes! (It took THOUSANDS for ONE robe!) How nice….. Rotten humans!

Tyrian purple

I personally think the opinion of the Radzinger rebbe and the ptil tekhelet institute are both valid. The only thing that makes it Pasul if it’s made from kala Ilan

The Rabbi made a tremendous mistake. Korach made his tzitzis COMPLETELY techeiles, all the strings and the beged (Targum Yerushalmi)

Very good Shiur but how can anyone talk about Rabba Bar Chona in such a way?

i want to talk to my lawyer

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Splendid

This man said that 8000 Jews had to die to make the Medina...he’s not my posek..I spoke to him

I need to use more of these dyes, feed the poor and the needy is our duty. Beer to those who are using the dye to do leukemia research!!!

Your comparison of techeles to the timing lulav is false. Your are comparing a safek in the item to a safek in time. Compare a safek estrog to safek techeles. Furthermore the gemora in menochos says that if it isn't techeles then it PASSELS the mitzva of tzitzit whereas all white is definitely a mitzva.

That which mzk1 below writes about the Gaon, Reb Menachem Ziembe is a TOTAL FALSEHOOD. he was misinformed or made a mistake but my Rebbe, the Gaon Rav Simche Bunim Lieberman zatzal was by Rav Ziembe every Friday night in the Warsaw Ghetto and knew his opinion. Rav Lieberman survived the camps and broke a 50 year silence to fly to a conference in Vienna (!) to publicly deny that Rav Ziemba was for the uprising.

Todah Baruch, this is a beautiful and amazing fullfilment, My family and I are greatful for you and your team, great work Achi.

אולי יש לעורר שמדויק לשון הגמ' וכי לאכול מפרי' ולשבוע מטובה הוא צריך שבאמת מרע''ה למעלה משאר העולם שאנו אומרים ממש זה הלשון בברכת על המחי'. יישר כח כבוד הרב שכטר.

One Japanese English textbook tell us the trace how did ancient people discover the way to make the purple dye !!! The book's name is "sokutan (vocabulary building × rapid reading)"

I favour the cuttlefish as the source of tekhelets

Who would cover themselves in abominations? Leviticus 11:43

Amazing. Another observation ( probably halachicly irrelevant) but in ALL of human history untill about 1600ce there were TWO materials capable of creating a durable color fast blue dye. Murex, and indigo (kaleh Ilan). ( There were only 3 more materials capable of creating a blue pigment). Blue- the rarest color occurring in nature.

wow, leukemia

I have both tekhelet from the cuttlefish and sea snail

Why would God use an unclean animal such as a snail to make something he deem holy Hebrews weren't allowed to touch anything unclean

Many Orthodox Jews, not to mention the majority, prefer not to follow the Torah's order about the "pesil techeiles" because they say they do not know the exact shade of blue or how to obtain the color. That reasoning always seemed stupid to me. By not putting the blue thread, they are breaking an express order of the Torah, while putting the blue thread, although it is not the same blue tone used by Moses, at least they show God that they are trying to comply with the precept.

The snail is unclean as a food source.

This Purple dye was a precious dye farmed in the Mediterranean for imperial and high religious use

Techeiles can be bought in Brooklyn at Mercaz Hatecheiles 1347 404 8061 Mercazhatecheiles@@t

I really wanted to see to this done, after reading about tyrian purple, but Im saddened at how it was done. From what Ive read, its possible to extract the dye without killing the animal. Its used as a defense mechanism so all they really had to do was poke the snail until it squirted, rather than hammering its home and slicing off its organ.

Thanks for the video. I was looking desperately for a video to show me how it was done.

לפי טענת "יוהרא", בארופה בתקופה שלא היה אתרוג מצוי, היה גם אסור לטול לולב. כי הוא היה נדיר, ולא היה לכול קהילה כדי נטילה! י

Pupure Schneck, haha. It's Purpur-SchneckE.

About 10 months ago I was working with a paper model and got 19 stitches from an x-acto knife when I wasn't paying enough attention to what I was doing. This video made me nervous.

Brilliant! And to make a long story short; if you can fulfill a mitzvah then you should and there is no downside. It is almost a universal opinion now that we should see the Tekhelet and remember and be reminded of the Yam of Nisim and ultimately, the Kisai Hakavod. Making Tzizit without Techelet when we have it is doing a partial mitzvah only...Or don't wear tzitzit at all!

Baruch ok so my name is Kathy G. Leyva. My last name should tell you something. Yes I'm sephardic and ironically my family is from Mexico so guess what we do it better. We ended up with the Mixtec tribe and only Ya knows were we get the process from because we don't kill it!!!! You don't kill the snail there is no need to we milk it! If you want more info or you want to go to Mexico (btw) I live in Chicago just had a big museum opening. So e-mail me at Katgo1@comcast.net. I'll send you some links and your welcome to go with me to Mexico. I'll house you no problem maybe I can to Israel and go basket some snails:) Kathy Leyva

Thank you for teaching me about this Dr. Sterman. I find this subject fascinating from both the chemistry & the religious aspects.

Even a jew far removed from his homeland, and religion.(myself)... if given long enough will find that the meaning and the process are like all things, they are intertwined. Without perspective, we have no balance, without balance we lose our way. Finding the Tekhelet, after being far removed, is also the sign of a completed mission, and also perhaps the beginning of a new one. Shalom.

Hello, I am very impressed with your work Mr Sterman. May I ask if you think there will ever be any "resolution" to the question of whether or not "true (kosher?) tekhelet has been restored?"

I do not know if the very next logical step for this rabbi is making `Aliyah. He and his Orthodox counterparts should also learn much better Hebrew pronunciation, master it and enthusiastically support ascent to Har haBayit. The latter is of paramount importance. Those who do not support it are perpetuating Galut and Galut mode even if they actually make `Aliyah.

For this, RUclips was created.

Rav Menachem Ziemba, ended up in the Warsaw ghetto together with two other rabbis. They were offered a chance to get out, but they insisted on staying with their flock. He ruled in favor of the uprising, and, yes, the ruling make a difference to many people. (In general, the normal leadership - the Aguda (now UTJ) and the General Zionists (Chaim Weitzman's party) - was removed first by the Nazis (see Lucy D., War against the Jews), and thus the rebellion was in the hands of more fringe groups - the socialists (Labor) / Communists and the Revisionists (now Likud).)

MeGdolai Hador

Hello Baruch, what is the name of the organization that sells the tekhelet, do you have their website? Thank you.

According to rav asher weiss this techelet is so far from emet , it is not even in the geder of suffik