Ep. 55: Techeiles: The History of the Mysterious Blue Dye and its Fringe Benefits

Published: July 24, 2018, 6:01 a.m.

The word “Techeiles” is mentioned dozens of times in the Torah, and is a subject that appears in many places in the Talmud and associated literature. Techeiles is both a color and a material, namely wool dyed with this color, but to fulfill the Torah’s requirement for this particular color it can only be derived from the […]