Halakhah for Chullin 177:29
ואנכי עפר ואפר ואילו במשה ואהרן כתיב
for it is written: And underneath are the everlasting arms.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXIII, 27. Those who are underneath (the humble and the lowly) are the arms (support) of the world.');"><sup>24</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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