WIY,
Sorry I missed this thread…. I was in corporate training last week and barely had time to look at the CR at all.
PY,
The Rambam makes no such distinction. As for what amoraim did, I can’t speak. Perhaps they had reasons for what they did. They certainly never learned the Rambam on the matter.
But, in any event, it doesn’t really matter. This is only the tip of the iceberg in reasons why I’m an outsider looking in.
The Wolf