And YHWH said to Moshe saying: Speak to the Children of Yisrael, and say to them, and they shall make for themselves sisith [fringe/tassel] on the extremities of their garments throughout their generations, and they shall place upon the sisith [fringe/tassel] of the extremity a twisted thread of blu...

So was said over in Rav Schachter's name, from Ginat Egoz, in an interesting post, and comment thread, over at Hirhurim. The relevant quotes from the comment thread: In his sefer Ginas Egoz, Rav Schachter writes that wearing tzitzis without techeles may be an issur of bal tigra, and one is better of...

Interesting video from Arutz Sheva regarding the wearing of tacheilis (blue thread). Watch it HERE . (note to A7: Your videos do not embed properly. Please fix) From Reuven Prager's website: In addition to my briefcase I came with a bag, containing the first Beged Ivri tunic I had ever produced - fr...

My new Ultravision Quickcam from Logitech has night vision, so I left it on all night as I slept, or more particularly, did not sleep, afraid I’d do something obscene that would forever shame the Jewish people. My alarm went off at 6:30 a.m. so I could go to shul and pray. Getting out of the s...

My Video Blog As I was leaving LimmudLA last month, I was given three boxes of food to take to SOVA to feed the homeless. Figuring that I was only a canceled credit card away from being homeless, I appropriated the food and put it to a holy purpose — me. After all, as Rodney Dangerfield pointe...