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I finally got my hands on R’ Shternbuch’s teshuva in the latest volume of Teshuvos V’hanhagos. Unlike his previous his teshuvos, in this one he pretty much explicitly admits that Bal Tosif is only an issue if you grant his hanacha that there is no reason to be machmir and wear this Techeiles. But he agrees that the ratzon Hashem is to try to do mitzvos misafek and therefore one would not violate bal tosif when doing so – it’s just that he says thatin this case it’s not even b’geder a safek. (I don’t think he actually holds that there is zero chance; I think he just holds that it’s such a remote chance that it doesn’t count as being a “safek”.)