Commentary for Eruvin 18:9

But [what you might contend is] that he did hear it and is not of the same opinion; [is it not then possible that] R'Hiyya also is not of the same opinion?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could the Baraitha cited be adduced as proof that the ruling it lays down is also the one upheld by R. Hiyya?');">²⁰</span> - What [a comparison is] this! It might well [be contended that] R'Johanan does not hold the same opinion [and that it was] for this reason that he did not teach it; but as regards R'Hiyya if it is a fact that he does not hold the same opinion, what need was there for him to teach it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' None whatever. Since, however, he did teach it, one may well conclude that he holds the same opinion.');">²¹</span> Rabbah son of R'Huna said: [A post that is] seen from without though it appears even from within is regarded as a valid side-post.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra for notes.');">²²</span>

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