Which Rabbanim Wear Techelet?

At a recent conference in Jerusalem sponsored by the Ptil Tekhelet Assocation, Varda Meyer Epstein of The Jewish Press spoke with Dr. Ari Greenspan on the topic of techelet. She asked Greenspan which prominent rabbanim wear techelet themselves.

"There’s Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg who has actually served as a posek," said Greenspan. "There’s Rav Amram Opman who is one of the dayanim of the Beit Din of the Badatz Eidah Chareidis and Rav Dichovsky on the Beit Din HaGadol of the Rabbanut. The entire Zilberman clan wears tekhelet. And the truth is, as you begin to go into the chareidi world, you begin to find some of the unique, individual thinkers that are looking for truth, and wearing it. Not a lot, but a significant number of chareidim. In the English world, both Rabbi Herschel Shachter and Rabbi Yisroel Belsky of the OU."

Rabbi Moshe Karp was not mentioned. I'm not clear on whether he wears techelet or not.


On the authenticity of Murex trunculus, Ari Greenspan said, "Here’s what I’ll tell you: There is no doubt that this is the color that our ancestors wore. There is no doubt that this is the source that the Romans used — no other source. And there’s no doubt that it was this snail — that the Romans killed people for wearing the color of this snail. There’s also no doubt that there was no other snail that the Romans used and we know for a fact that what we wore is what the Romans wore."