[Avodah] yaroq

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 11:17:32AM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: which in fact is one of the proofs that Dr.Koren brings that techelet is a
: deep
: blue. He claims that with very little light it is impossible to distinguish
: between your deep blue suit and your deep green tie until there is more
: light.
: If techelet were a lighter shade of blue it would be easier to tell them
: apart

But the alternative is techeiles and lavan. I don't think you can deduce
from "misheyaqir" that it was necessarily the same brightness, as opposed
to two colors having a more similar brightness than tekheiles and white.

For that matter, maybe tekheiles should be greener, and the whole
point was to pick to things of similar hue but different value and
brightness! How can we know?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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