In a message dated 11/14/2006 7:00:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It was interesting to see them dye the fibre
though...when it first came out of the dye pot it was yellow, then once rung
out of liquid and probably exposed to the air turned blue before their
What started this train of thought for me was this:
http://www.tekhelet.com/brochure.htm . I didn't realise the importance of blue
to the Hebrews or if there was any significance to women. I did a search on
biblical Judith and found a quote from the Book of Judith that said she cast
off her
Grant
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Blue on Judith
Funny how this comes up today!
Last night on 'Naked Archeaologist' the show was about the colour blue
in
ancient times. How it was produced from the snail. The trick to
getting
blue from
Funny how this comes up today!
Last night on 'Naked Archeaologist' the show was about the colour blue in
ancient times. How it was produced from the snail. The trick to getting
blue from the snail was to expose the dye to sunlight. The ultra violet
light produces a very vivid blue, if not
In a message dated 11/13/2006 9:10:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To split off from the actual topic, I recently had a tv show on in the
background whilst working, and caught a few details about the dye used
to produce the tekhelet blue as prescribed in the
Sandberg. Out of print, I
believe, but a fascinating read.
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From: Kelly Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:59 AM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Blue on Judith
Funny how this comes up today!
Last night on 'Naked Archeaologist
Here's another useful page on tekhelet:
http://www.jewishweaving.com/blog/
Suddenly relevant to me as I was thinking of attending a tallit-making
class soon; my oldest son received his grandfather's tallit at his bar
mitzvah, but my youngest will need one in a couple of years, and it might
take
In a message dated 11/13/2006 7:51:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On another list I am on, a topic coming up regarding the relevance the
colour blue is to Jewish women came up, relative to the Book of Judith and all
the
spin off paintings it has created
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow! This stirred up a really vague memory of an article I read,
probably 15 years ago about a special blue dye--if memory serves, it
came from the Mediterranean, and was, similar to Tyrian purple, a
shell-fish based vat dye. And it was used by
To split off from the actual topic, I recently had a tv show on in the
background whilst working, and caught a few details about the dye used
to produce the tekhelet blue as prescribed in the Torah described in
the Talmud. The animal used for it, the hillazon, is now a mystery,
but the
On another list I am on, a topic coming up regarding the relevance
the
colour blue is to Jewish women came up, relative to the Book of
Judith and all the
spin off paintings it has created particularly in Italian ren
paintings.
Wow! This stirred up a really vague memory of an
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