Talk:Tekhelet

message: As silly as it may seem to a non-Jew or even a non-Orthodox Jew, this is a controversial subject. Even as a semi-observant Jew I am aware of competing opinions about the source of the dye. I also recognize that statements on this page about what is and is not chilazon, and also about the supposed debunking of Reb Radzyner are both highly opinionated and lack references.
Also, the article [Tzitzit]] deals summarily with the controversy, stating
At some point in Jewish history, the source of the dye was lost and since then, Jews have worn plain white tzitsyot without any dyes
Meanwhile, immediately to the left of this statement is a photo of a tzitzit with blue threads and the caption "A set of tzitzit with blue tekhelet thread."
And yet at the end of that article (Tzitzit) are external refs that attempt to point to a variety of opinion...even though within its own text it points to this article (Tekhelet) as being the "main article." Confusing...they should probably be combined, corrected and redirected.
Under other circumstances (i.e. if this were a non-religious subject) I would dive in, do the research and rewrite the article. I am, however, not interested in fighting about edits *and* about the religious laws and controversies of my own faith (COI and all that). As such, having recused myself, I am writing this to bring the issue to the attention of the Jews and Judaism project and to any brave Wiki-souls who would take it as a challenge to sort this out.
--starfarmer (talk) 21:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversial? 

message: This section does not belong in this wikipedia-article, and should be moved elsewhere. -- -- --  01:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: by  (00:36, 29/Sep/14). Thanks, -- -- -- 17:26, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This is one of the craziest talk pages I've seen. Drmies (talk) 17:35, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  section under title "Other applications" 

message: I could upload a picture of my Tallit, it has P'til Tekhellit. The tallit and tzittzit Were made and tied in Israel Bnei-Brak and certified by the Haredi posek Shmeul HaLevi Wosner Rabbi of Zichron-Meier, Bnei-Brak. I even still have the posek's seal if you need that as proof or evidence. You can find more about the Rabbi here on wikipedia even.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Wosner
I was rather surprised to find my certifying Rabbi to not only be a posekim but a rather popular one at that. --Teacherbrock (talk) 16:58, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Is your Tallit different from the one pictured in the article? -- -- --  23:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Upload picture

message: What source is there for claiming that argaman also came from the chilazon?  Tkuvho (talk) 11:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  argaman 

message: Someone please edits the first few references to the Rishonim (Rashi, Raavad, etc.) and where they make these statements about how many strings that are blue.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.153.13 (talk) 20:18, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The first sentence says tekhelet is a dye.  The last sentence of the lede says that tekhelet is recited in the Sh'ma Yisroel.  What does it mean to recite a dye? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:41, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: . Thanks for pointing this out. -- -- -- 21:04, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is a dye 'recited'? 

message: I am puzzled by this
At some point following the Roman exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel, the actual identity of the source of the dye was lost. Since that time, a period spanning over 1,300 years, Jews have only worn plain white tassles (tzitzit).
It appears to imply that the Romans removed the Jews from Israel a bit over 1300 years ago. But that is not what happened, nor what the (recent) cited source says – it reads "tekhelet is a commandment that has been forgotten for over 1300 years", and later mentions decrees by the the Romans, made in the 4th century A.D., regulating religious usages. Unless someone can explain this paragraph (and account for the "1,300" in the cited source) I will remove this mention of the Romans. Maproom (talk) 08:50, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  1300 years? 

message: I was going to add a section on methods of tying Techeiles. This would be the largest edit I've done so far to Wikipedia. Any comments before I dive into this? (I was planning on using the Gemara with Rishonim as primary sources, and perhaps referencing the work of Rav Tavger, who goes very in depth into these sugyot.) --Rebblumstein (talk) 09:07, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on Methods of Tying? 

message: What does ERL stand for? Dstokar (talk) 00:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identifying the color of tekhelet 

message: Why is there no explicit mention of the book The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered Book by Baruch Sterman  Dstokar (talk) 00:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably because no editor who has read the book has decided to summarize any content from it for this article. You can do so if you wish. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Rarest Blue 

message: green (ירוק)
Can I please remind contributors that this is English Wikipedia, and not to presume your readers have a knowledge of (for example) Classical Hebrew in your readers, but to transliterate words from non-Roman characters, into letters of the Roman alphabet.
Nuttyskin (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration