Mysteries of Tallit. Tzitzith and the Teklet

MYSTERIES OF THE TALLIT, THE TZITZIT AND THE TEKHLET
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They used white because God’s tallit is white. Any blue tekhelet that is not hillazon
based is to be considered as kela ilan (alternative dye) and Gemara (B. Metz. 61b)
warns of divine punishment for wearing kela ilan. (False Tekhelet, Mois Navon,
5764)
But every Jew knew that “The essence (ikar) of the mitzvah is tekhelet and one
wearing white without tekhelet has not fulfilled a complete mitzvah” (mitzvah
shleimah). Rashi on Men. 40a
There was a new zeal to determine the origin of techlet and reinstitute the full
mitzvoth.
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