According to which method is one to tie?
This makhloket is far less charged than that of how many strings of tekhelet to use [see FAQ (1) 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000D0000005F00520065006600340036003000330037003000370031000000 ] because all the various methods fulfill the biblical requirements of (a) “kesher elyon” – a top knot and (b) one chulya of three winds. The reason for all the various tying methods is due to the paucity of tying instruction in the Gemara. There are only about five statements which describe specifically how to tie – and all of the methods answer to these descriptions (see B. Sterman, www.tekhelet.com/guide.htm). R. H. Schachter holds that everyone (Ashkenazim and Sefaradim) should tie according to the Rambam because he has the oldest tradition. Personally, I believe in consistency of method (i.e., tying method should match number of blue strings), for the method of tying gives expression to the logic behind the number of strings of tekhelet used. For example, the Rambam has all th
