Reply To: Korach's Profound Argument

Yes Techeiles can be a general term for Tzitzis. But not in this case. See for example the Eitz Yosef who explains that Korach was maskim that his tallis would still require the lavan strings. His only argument was that it shouldn’t require Techeiles strings. Now if his claim was “why do I need Techeiles strings if I have a Techeiles beged?” then he could have also said “why do I need wool strings if I have a wool beged?” Unless you say that he was granting that there is some reason why you need strings but that the blue shouldn’t have to be specifically on the strings, in which case we’re back to my original question – he could have taken any techeiles and had such an argument.