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I. History and background of the search for techeiles/chilazon: - Techeiles was lost around 600 CE after the Talmudic period. In the 1800s, Murex snails were discovered as a source of purple dye. In the 1900s, Rav Herzog and others proposed various candidates for chilazon including Murex trunculus snails and cuttlefish. In 1980, it was discovered Murex dye can become blue in sunlight. In the 1990s, techeiles strings began to be produced from Murex trunculus. II. Proofs proposed that Murex trunculus is the
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