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SPECIAL TECHELES SECTION

Part I: Articles
Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld   The identity of the Chilazon
Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld Torah from the Internet, Shelach 5755
Dafyomi Advancement Forum Insights to Menachos 44, Cheshvan 5764
Mois Navon and Mark Kaplan Techelet today (Youtube)
Mois A. Navon A Techeles Timeline
Rabbi Berel Wein Techeles Revisited - the History of Techeles
Collected Sources Tying the Techeles
Rabbi Ari Zivotofsky The Identity of Kala Ilan
Dr. Baruch Sterman The Techeles Dyeing Process
Dr. Ari Greenspan Techeles-shells found on Coins
Hebrew versions of the
previous three articles

Shlomo Moshe Scheinman Talmudic Sources and Modern Techelet
 

Part II: Candidates for Techeles

Murex Trunculus   "Amutat P'til Techeles"
The "Murex Trunculus" site.
(Extensive site, describing the Techeles produced
under the leadership of Rabbi Eliyahu Tevger.)
Janthina Pallida  The "Janthina Pallida"
(Dr. Shaul Kaplan has backed off from his 15 yrs.
of research into the purple snail that was
Rav Herzog's second-best candidate,
and it is no longer available online.
See here and here)

Cuttlefish The "Radzhiner" Techeles
The "Cuttlefish" (squid) site.
(Includes full translation of the first of the
Radzhiner Rebbe's volumes on the subject.)
Aplysia The Aplysia - a New Candidate
The "Aplysia" or Sea Hare.
(Not a mollusk, this creature does come in
dark blue tones and some claim to have
produced a blue dye from it.)


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