Questions tagged [color]
color, colour, dye, hue, tint, shade, you name it
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Colourful Tallitot
Is there a preference, if one is davening at a schul where everyone wears the same tallitot (black or white), to borrow a tallit, assuming it is of a kosher size, rather than wearing one's own if it ...
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Red and white wine Mixed
Is it a problem to mix red wine and white wine on Pesach because of the Problem of coloring on Yom Tov and is there a way to mix with out running into the problem of coloring?
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Double-black Retzuot [duplicate]
I sometimes see on the net and in person cases where people wear retzuot which are black on both sides, what is the rationale, if any, for doing so?
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Argaman - What color is it?
In Parshas Teruma it mentions Argaman. The way it was translated in Yeshiva was purple. Is Argaman really purple? Shir Hashirim 7:6 says V'Dallas Roshech Ka'Argaman. Rashi, Rashbam, Even Ezra, ...
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How could the time of when the Azazel red strip turns to white be imprecise?
In Yoma on 67a, in the middle, it talks about the where the strip of red wool should be tied before sending the goat off the side of the mountain.
As far as I understand (and with the help of the ...
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What halachot are affected by color blindness?
What halachot are affected if a person is colorblind? One probable example I can think of relates to the laws of niddah and checking emissions. Another less likely example would be the the halachic ...
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Cesem found on someone with dark skin
A cesem that is found on a colored piece of clothing is tahar. What about someone with dark skin (they are of some ethnicity/race that has darker skin), could the same idea be applied in such a case ...
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Painting the backs of tefillin straps black?
I've heard and seen religious Jews painting the backs of the tefillin straps black, and they claim a kabbalistic reason somewhere in the Schulchan Auruch. Does anyone know anything about this, the ...
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Pampers tzovehah (dyeing) on shabbas
Pampers make diapers which have a wetness indicator. Initially it is a yellow stripe when dry; when wet it turns blue. I am wondering whether this would be considered tzoveha.
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Do women also wear white on Yom Kippur?
Is it customary for women to wear white clothing on Yom Kippur, or is it largely a custom men observe?
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Color meanings in Judaism
Do colors have a specific symbolic meaning in the Torah? (For ex. is it brought down anywhere that blue is holy?)
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What is the Definition of Red in regards to Women's Clothing?
The prohibition of red women's clothes is well known, as is the definition of red in hilchos niddah. I hear many near-red garments being justified by calling them salmon, pink, purple, maroon, etc, ...
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What actually happened to Jacob's and Laban's sheeps and goats?
Genesis 30 (JPS):
34 And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.' 35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were ...
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Is it permitted to use a thermochromic cup on Shabbos?
A novelty cup, see for example here, appears black when cold. When hot liquid is poured into it, the black changes to white and the previously concealed writing (underneath, so to speak) becomes ...
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Significance of gray or white hair?
What significance, if any, does Judaism attach to gray/white hair or to a person's hair turning gray/white? Does this significance hold true equally for men and women?
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Tefillin with chipped paint
Is there a problem with wearing tefillin whose paint has started to chip off? Would such a situation require one to get the tefillin repainted? Can someone still be yotzei by tefillin whose paint is ...
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Haredi clothing
Every time I see videos or photographs of Haredim of sixty-eighty years ago, I notice an abundance of grey suits and hats, with the occasional brown or grey waistcoat. Examples of this include the ...
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Why do Jewish women wear so much black?
Usually, the color white is associated with purity (as indicated by the kittle). I don't know if the opposite color in the spectrum represents the opposite of purity (yes, I know it's not technically ...
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When do we change back the ark-cover etc from white to the rest-of-the-year colour?
When do we change back the proches (ark-cover) etc from white to the rest-of-the-year colour?
I would have thought right after Simchas Torah or possibly Isru Chag?
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On Yom Kippur, why did Chachomim not want the people to know if the red thread had not turned white?
Originally a red thread was tied to the outside of the door of the Ulam on Yom Kippur. If the thread went white, it symbolised that the people’s sins had been forgiven and vice versa. Later the thread ...
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Did God create color in Genesis?
Can I assume that every creation in this world was first manifested in the world during the first six days of the Genesis, which therefore includes color? So was color (the spectrum of hues and ...
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How can people who dress in "only" black lead tefillah, the Mishna warns us against those "machmir" about colors?
We learn in Mishnah Megillah 4:8 that if someone insists on wearing only one color when they pray we do not let them be the "shliach tzibor" (prayer leader).
This is because we suspect he is involved ...
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Colored underwear during seven clean days
I know that during the 7 clean days of the nidda / tahara cycle, a woman has to wear white underwear. However, in extenuating circumstances (such as spotting for many weeks), is it ever permissible to ...
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Are these the same color: Yarok vs. Karti? [duplicate]
What is the difference between Yarok and Karti? Aren't they both green? And if so, then why are two separate words necessary?
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What color is Yarok?
Yarok ירוק in modern Hebrew means green. What color does it refer to in Mishnaic Hebrew? I have heard that it refers to yellow and not green because the Mishna in Sukkah (on 34b) discusses a citron ...
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What are the colors of the rainbow?
While the colors of the rainbow (or spectral colors) form a continuum, people have assigned them to finitely many pigeonholes for centuries and probably millennia. Apparently, Newton used seven colors ...
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If mixing red and blue thread for the Mishkan, why the purple thread too?
Throughout the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and Bigdei Kodesh (holy clothing for the Kohanim), they use a mix of red, blue, and purple wool (plus [white?] linen, and in the case of the ...
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Do tzitzit have to be white?
Based on this answer do tzitzit have to be white?
Where is the source that they should be?
I know that they are supposed to have at least one blue (techelet) string, but even that is disputed ...
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Does the colouring of animals depend on what the mother sees before conception?
What is the meaning of the strategies (hishtadlus) that Yaakov made with the conception of the animals starting at 30 (37)?
Is it or was it a natural thing that the colouring of animals depends on ...
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Why did Eisav say "red" twice?
Genesis 25:30 says:
... הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה ...
... "Pour into [me] some of this red, red [pottage] ..."
Why did Eisav feel the need to say "red" twice?
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Why do we use a tight heuristic for fish egg kashrut and not trust supervision?
I recently listened to this podcast from the OU Kashrut Division on the kashrut of Bowfin eggs in particular and of fish eggs in general, and I learned something interesting about the kashrut of fish ...
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Does a tallis have to be of a certain color?
Are there any halachos which require a tallis to be of a certain color? I've seen talleisim of many different colors, but are there any actual rules with regard to the color as opposed to the material?...
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Do Tefilin need to be painted with "special" ink?
When painting tefillin, are there any requirements regarding the ink (other than the need to be black)? Or is any ink okay to use?
Like in the comments to this answer, shoe polish is recommended. Is ...
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Where can I get dark blue Techelet for my tzizit and talit?
I want to buy some techelet and white tzizit. I want the techelet to match the color in this picture and to be made by Ptil Tekhelet foundation. However, when I try to contact them on their website I ...
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Wearing photo gray glasses on Shabbos
In the question Pregancy Test on Shabbos a notion was raised in an answer that the chemical reaction is a problem due to tzovaya.
So what are the boundaries of this, in terms of chemical reactions ...
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Tallis gadol with white stripes
An interesting question has been posted on the signification of tallis' stripes : Stripes on a Talis
About stripes color the Rambam position's noticed as black being closer to techeiles color.
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May a man pull out the white hairs from his beard/hair?
"Help! My beard/hair is turning white."
May a man pull out the white hairs from his beard/hair?
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Keeping Tefillin Black
What are some suggestions for keeping the Tefiliin Retzuos (straps) black? How can I prevent the Retzuos from needing to be painted and/or replaced?
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Tzoveah on Shabbos
It is going to sound strange but here is the question In the toilet there are these blue things that clean your bathroom with every flush by adding bleach hence it colors the water blue every time you ...
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According to the Rambam, what color would most of the tzitzis strings be if the garment was all techeilet?
The majority opinion is that, when we had the tradition on techeilet (the wool-dyed-blue string on tzitzis), each corner of the garment would have 7 white strings and one techeilet string.
If I've ...
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Stripes on a Talis
Is there any reason for the stripes on a talis? Does the color of the stripes have any significance?
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Wearing Gold On Yom HaKippurim
Besides for the minhag that one should not wear jewelry on Yom HaKipurim because of the "fear of the judgment" there is also the minhag to not wear gold (even as a decoration on a tallis or kittel) ...
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Green pretty shavuot? [duplicate]
Why is there a custom to hang up flowers and growing green things on shavuot?
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Red/White wine at the Seder
Is there any Halacha or Minhag that specifies if red or White wine should be used for the four cups of wine during the Passover seder and does it matter what you use to spill out during the 10 plagues?...
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Why are there colored splotches on the pages on many Jewish texts?
On many editions of the Chumash, Talmud, and even many more-modern books, you look at the side of the book (opposite the spine) and there are random colored splotches printed on the pages. (For ...
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Is there a problem with women wearing red clothing?
I've heard that red clothing is forbidden for women to wear because it's immodest. Some recent psych research confirmed that men are more attracted to women in red. So that means it's prohibited, ...
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