BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS

The powder-blue walls of Chefchaouen, or The Blue Pearl, stand out brightly in Morocco. According to Jewish teachings, dyeing thread with tekhelel (an ancient dye) and weaving it into prayer shawls evokes God’s power, and that legacy will is carried through the regular repainting of Chefchaouen’s blue buildings. It has been a sanctuary for Moorish exiles from Spain, for Jews and Muslims, and for the Berber tribespeople, since it was founded in 1471. (