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MYSTERIES OF THE TALLIT, THE TZITZIT AND THE TEKHLET<br />
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God's timing. Thus, stripping Saul <strong>of</strong> his authority by cutting <strong>of</strong>f Saul's tassel, David<br />
repented before God <strong>and</strong> Saul in 1 Samuel 24:5.<br />
The reason why <strong>the</strong> tallis is striped is simply because that was <strong>the</strong> fashion in<br />
Greece <strong>and</strong> Rome. But this doesn't answer <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> why blue or black?<br />
Tzitzis are supposed to include a thread <strong>of</strong> blue wool in each tassle. The stripes on<br />
<strong>the</strong> tallit remind us <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 'str<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> techelet' once worn as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tzitzit. The<br />
Torah comm<strong>and</strong>s that tzitzis contain a thread <strong>of</strong> Tichales (blue). The reason for this<br />
is contained in Sotah 17b.<br />
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