Reply To: Abbaye vs. Rava and Rav vs. R' Yochanan

To clarify:

The machlokes about chov/reshus was originally a machlokes between Rabban Gamliel and R’ Yehoshua. So the machlokes between Rav and R’ Yochanan as well as the machlokes between Abbaye and Rava are merely paskening a machlokes Tannaim. So I don’t see why the rule for Rav vs. R’ Yochanan should apply but the rule for Abbaye vs. Rava should not apply.

I am specifically asking on the MYT’s answer. It seems that you (Sam2) are giving an alternate answer to the original question, which may in fact have merit, but it doesn’t address my question on the MYT.