Commentary for Chullin 237:28

איידי דקאמר ת"ק שיעורא קאמרי אינהו נמי שיעורא

We have learnt: R'Eleazar B''Azariah declares that of the bean clean but that of [other] pulse unclean, since one is pleased with it when handling them!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. 'Uk. I, 5. R. Eleazar b. 'Azariah maintains that the pod of beans is not regarded as a protection to convey uncleanness to or from the beans, neither is it to be reckoned together with the beans so as to make up the requisite quantity, because the pod does not serve any useful purpose since the beans are large enough to be handled with the fingers. On the other hand the pods of peas or of other pulse are regarded as protections, for the peas are small and the pods then serve a useful purpose in making the handling of the peas easier. Now even if there was only one pea in the pod it would serve as a protection to it. Hence it is clear that a protection can serve as a protection even to a foodstuff less than the size of a bean, contra R. Hanina and Rab.');">¹⁸</span>

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