Reference for Chagigah 53:5

ואב"א רבנן לר"א קאמרי מאי דעתיך משום דמצופין

And if you asked, I could say, The Sages (as if) say to Rabbi Eliezer: What is your opinion? [They are imperceptible to impurity] because they are coated?

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