Shavua Tov: Homebound and The Controversial String

 

Rediscover one of the most powerful and inspiring mitzvos in the Torah — tzitzit and the royal blue thread of techeles. Once a defining symbol of Jewish identity, techeles was lost to us for centuries… and is now returning in our generation. In this week’s Daf Yomi, the Gemara dives into the halachos of techeles — not as history, but as living Torah. How is this “forgotten mitzvah” connected to the Geula, to Eretz Yisrael, and to the rebuilding of the Beis HaMikdash? Why did Chazal describe techeles as a thread that leads from the sea, to the sky, to the Throne of Glory? This shiur explores the depth, beauty, and urgency of reclaiming this mitzvah, and what it means for Am Yisrael today. It’s time to look again at the blue thread.

Interesting comments

In the Midbar, there was no access to harvesting these snails.
42 stages of Galut are the 42 camps in the Midbar. The 43rd gate/camp (Chessed that is in Malkhut) is the first level of Purity that can only be reached in Israel and happens to be the Sefirah of Yom Yerushalayim. 43 is Gematriah of Luz

Coincidental" that the mitzvah of tzitzis is considered a "kiyumis" yet hands down it is widely observed throughout all Orthodix circles in the exile......but they also view the mitzvah of yishuv Eretz Yisrael the same way.....but THAT mitzvah has become "controversial" and whatever way we can find not to do it there will be someone in the exile who blesses you for it.....the real story is brought down by the Chofetz Chaim in his Sefer "Shem Olam" that there is a special light that each mitzvah carries and when we perform a mitzvah with the proper intentions, that light envelops all around us. He goes on to write that one who fears HKBH will always look for ways to obligate themselves in performing mitzvos and not look for ways not to observe them. So when a person takes any mitzvah, like techeiles, or even the more so yishuv Eretz Yisrael, they attach themselves to more and more mitzvos. The reward for a mitzvah, is the zechus to perform another mitzvah......so can one imagine the zechus of ending the exile and returning to Eretz Yisrael where all of the mitzvos await?