Halakhah for Chullin 177:25
(ישעיהו יד, יד) אעלה על במתי עב לחירם מלך צור אמר
Of Abraham it is said: I am but dust and ashes, whereas of Moses and Aaron it is said: And we are nothing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their humility was greater than that of Abraham. vnhkc hkc vn');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Treasures Hidden in the Sand
1. The color of the body of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea as the Rabbis in Tractate Menachot (44A) taught that the color of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea. Rashi explains that the Hillazon emerges from the sea and the Techelet resembles the sea, that is to say that the sea it is found in and that it emerges from is the cause of its color.
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