Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Menachot 87:2

ת"ר חלזון זהו גופו דומה לים וברייתו דומה לדג ועולה אחד לשבעים שנה ובדמו צובעין תכלת לפיכך דמיו יקרים

and in shape it resembles a fish; it appears<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'comes up', i.e., from the sea; so Rashi in San. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> once in seventy years, and with its blood one dyes the blue thread; and therefore it is so expensive.

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