Commentary for Yoma 158:8

ממאי דילמא לעולם אימא לך כותבת הגסה שאמרו יתירה מכביצה הא סתמא כביצה ואי נמי כי הדדי נינהו וחדא מינייהו נקט

[And were given this]: Let the Divine Law write about hamez [leavened bread] alone, without needing a reference to leaven, and I would say: If the eating of an olive-size of hamez the leaven whereof is not so intensive is forbidden, how much more is such size forbidden in the case of leaven which is so much more leaven! But since the Divine Law nevertheless mentioned them separately, it teaches you that the minimum size of the one is not the same as of the other, viz. , in the case o leaven it is that of an olive, in the case of hamez that of a date. Now if you should think that the big date mentioned is bigger than an egg, since Beth Shammai are looking for a quantity bigger than an olive, let them teach that of an egg; and even if the two be of the same size let them teach 'that of an egg'.

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