{"id":4191,"date":"2014-01-02T08:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2014-01-02T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:21:42","slug":"real-source-of-tzizit-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/real-source-of-tzizit-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the Real Source of Tzizit Blue Finally Been Discovered?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First definitive proof of ancient blue dye tekhelet revealed in Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Posted on December 31, 2013 by JNS.org.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/real-source-of-tzizit-blue\/tzitzitblue-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4192\" alt=\"tzitzitblue\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tzitzitblue-33x300.png\" width=\"33\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>(JNS.org) The first definitive proof of production of the ancient blue dye tekhelet in Israel was revealed during an Israel Antiquities Authority presentation at a Jerusalem conference.<\/p>\n<p>Derived from shellfish, tekhelet is mentioned in the Torah as the dye used in the clothing of the High Priest in the Jerusalem Temple, as well as being mixed in with white in the fringes of the tzitzit garment. But the origins of tekhelet were lost after the Roman exile, and most tzitzit fringes today are colored exclusively white. Over the past century, experts\u2014including the late Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Herzog\u2014have attempted to rediscover the origins of the dye, tracing it to the hillazon snail. (To \u00a0read more,<a href=\" http:\/\/www.jns.org\/news-briefs\/2013\/12\/31\/first-definitive-proof-of-ancient-blue-dye-tekhelet-revealed-in-israel\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.jns.org\/news-briefs\/2013\/12\/31\/first-definitive-proof-of-ancient-blue-dye-tekhelet-revealed-in-israel<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Links to other articles on this subject:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/israeli-researcher-discovers-evidence-of-rare-color-known-as-biblical-blue-111824\/\">http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/israeli-researcher-discovers-evidence-of-rare-color-known-as-biblical-blue-111824\/<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/12\/31\/archaeologists-make-incredibly-rare-find-with-roots-in-the-bible\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/12\/31\/archaeologists-make-incredibly-rare-find-with-roots-in-the-bible\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Has the Real Source of Tzizit Blue Finally Been Discovered?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/real-source-of-tzizit-blue\/',contentID: 'post-4191',suggestTags: 'biblical fringes,techelet blue,tzizit',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First definitive proof of ancient blue dye tekhelet revealed in Israel Posted on December 31, 2013 by JNS.org. (JNS.org) The first definitive proof of production of the ancient blue dye tekhelet in Israel was revealed during an Israel Antiquities Authority &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/real-source-of-tzizit-blue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[774,775,773],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-biblical-fringes","tag-techelet-blue","tag-tzizit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Has the Real Source of Tzizit Blue Finally Been Discovered? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/real-source-of-tzizit-blue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Has the Real Source of Tzizit Blue Finally Been Discovered? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First definitive proof of ancient blue dye tekhelet revealed in Israel Posted on December 31, 2013 by JNS.org. 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