Commentary for Berakhot 81:11

שעורה דתנן עצם כשעורה מטמא במגע ובמשא ואינו מטמא באהל

"Barley" — for there is a Mishnaic teaching : The bone [of a dead person or animal] the size of barley defiles by touch and carrying, but does not defile in a tent.

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