Reference for Sotah 33:23
אלא חוט של תכלת מאי היא דתניא היה ר"מ אומר מה נשתנה תכלת מכל מיני צבעונין
Raba expounded: As a reward for our father Abraham having said: 'I am but dust and ashes', his descendants were worthy to receive two commandments, viz., the ashes of the red heifer and the dust [of the ceremony] of a suspected woman. But there is likewise dust for the covering of the blood!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a slaughtered animal (Lev. XVII, 13). ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
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