100 Years to Tekhelet Research This year marks the centennial of Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Herzog's groundbreaking and foundational doctorate. This work inaugurated the era of Tekhelet research and laid the foundations for all subsequent work in the field. To celebrate this event we will be hosting an international conference. Save the Date: December 30th, 2013 at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. We hope you will attend, and be a part of it! A crowdfunding campaign has been set up where you can help support the event.

Tekhelet Multimedia Library NEW! Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University recounts his thoughts and feelings regarding the rediscovery of tekhelet. We welcome your comments and feedback. Please contact us if you would like to submit or recommend additional items for the library

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Seventh Annual Kuntreis In honor of Parshat Shlach, the Torah portion in which we read about the mitzvah of tzitzit, Ptil Tekhelet distributed 10,000 copies of our seventh annual Kuntreis - Vehaya Lachem l'Tzitzit - to shuls throughout Israel. The pamphlet contains a collection of never-before published articles on tzitzit and tekhelet by respected Israeli Rabbis. The kuntreis is available for download as a single PDF file. Individual articles may be downloaded from the Kuntreis-5773 section of the Ptil Tekhelet Library.

New in the Library

הערות במספר חוטי תכלת בציצית by Moshe Ephraim Indik

לבוש הארון - An examination of the Kashrus of the Murex snail for Techeiles
by Rabbi Meir Hellmann

Hasidic Rebels - Thoughts upon presenting a talit with tekhelet to Professor Elie Wiesel
by Dr. Baruch Sterman

Parshat Trumah Raffle Winners

We are happy to announce the winners of our Fourteenth Annual (Free) Parshat Trumah Raffle!
Please contact us to collect your prize.

Grand Prize Yomim Noraim Tallit with Tekhelet Ya’acov Bauer, Montreal, Canada
First Prize Woolen Tallit with Tekhelet Eliezer Shmidov, Shoham, Israel	Second Prize Begged Katan with Tekhelet Gordon Fuller, Waco, Texas, USA
Third Prize Marine tour - family voucher Elie Weissman, Plainview, NY, USA	Fourth Prize Factory tour - family voucher Yonatan Snobell, Alon Shvut, Israel
Fifth Prize Tekhelet dye kit Tzipora Wolff, Bet Shemesh, Israel	Sixth Prize Book - Klil Tekhelet, Lulaot Tekhelet, Eved HaMelech or The Rarest Blue Seymour Perlowitz, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Seventh Prize "Mystery of Tekhelet" - CD English, Hebrew, or Cheder Edition Randy Cohen, Skokie, IL, USA	Eighth Prize Ptil Tekhelet sweatshirt or T-shirt Suzanne Winter, Lynn, MA, USA
Ninth Prize Tekhelet Timeline poster David Shabtai, New York, NY, USA	Tenth Prize Custom-designed Bar-Mitzvah and wedding cards Robert Clements, Raanana, Israel

Daf Yomi on Perek HaTecheiles (Menachot 38a)

In honor of the 7-year Daf Yomi cycle reaching Perek HaTecheiles (Menachot 38a), Ptil Tekhelet published companion pamphlets in Hebrew and English to clarify and illustrate many of the ideas found in the Gemara.

Ptil Tekhelet's Tying Bureau

In an effort to assist people around the world in locating someone to tie their tzitzit, Ptil Tekhelet maintains an international listing of tzitzit tiers - see our current listing: The Tzitzit Tying Bureau.

If you, or someone you know, is interested in being on this list, please send your information, along with samples of your work, and religious institution affiliation (e.g., synagogue membership) to: mois@tekhelet.com.

"The Mystery of Tekhelet" is now playing

Watch our classic video right here on our site: The Mystery of Tekhelet

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