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Everyone who touched the fringes of Yeshuas garment was healed (Mt 9:20; Mt 14:36; Mk 6:56).

God made it so they would think about the heavens and the deep cause it had a blue thread in it (Numbers 15:38).

These strings that Jewish men wear now are all white.  They are waiting for Messiah to show them the dye for the blue.

Hi Chad,

The Blue is Back!!!

"Speak to the Children of Israel and bid them that they make fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each corner a thread of blue (tekhelet). And it shall be for you as a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of G-d, and do them..." (Numbers 15:38-39)


Ptil Tekhelet
The Association for the Promotion
and Distribution of Tekhelet
Jerusalem, Israel



The story of the rediscovery of the Biblical Blue: Introduction to Tekhelet

Foolish Notion: This is a cool link, Nathanael

Thanks Nathanael147,

I think it's cool too!



Some excerpts:

The story of the search for the source for the dye tekhelet - Biblical blue - is one of intrigue, deception, and deduction. It weaves together clues from Torah scholarship, archeology, and chemistry, and its major players include a great Chasidic Rebbe, a former Chief Rabbi of Israel, archeologists, marine biologists and chemists.


Biblical Blue

"And the Rabbis said: Why does the Torah enjoin us regarding tekhelet? Because tekhelet resembles sapphire, and the Tablets were of sapphire, to tell you that so long as the people of Yisrael gaze upon this tekhelet they are reminded of that which is inscribed on the Tablets and they fulfill it, and so it is written, 'And you shall see it and remember.'
(Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer, ch. 14).


and:

The riddle of producing a pure blue color from the snail was serendipitously solved. While researching the methods used by the ancient dyers, Prof. Otto Elsner, of the Shenkar College of Fibers, noticed that on cloudy days, trunculus dye tended towards purple, but on sunny days it was a brilliant blue! He found that at a certain stage of the dyeing process, exposure to sunlight will alter the dye, changing its color from purple to blue. To the dye masters of old, working in the bright Mediterranean sunlight, this was certainly no secret.


FN: This is interesting because it hints of something profound in the relationship between the wearer of the royal purple and the the wearer of the blue of the High Priest--and how he may be as one.

Here's a great little video from IFCJ:  God's Special Color


(plus some other great little videos about Jewish culture / teachings)