Biblical Robe

After much hard work and research, the Techelet (azure blue) robe of the High Priest has been completed by the Temple Institute. The project was researched and undertaken by skilled artisans over the past three years. It will join the already completed ephod and choshen (breastplate), featuring the 12 precious stones associated with the 12 tribes of Israel. They are located at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The members of the Temple Institute hope they will be found fit to be used by the High Priest in the third temple. “This is the first robe woven entirely out of techelet in nearly 2,000 years,” Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute is reported to have said. Richman adds,