Jewish Traditions: A JPS Guide

Orders of the Mishnah and Tractates of the Talmud

Orders of the Mishnah and Tractates of the Talmud Zera’im (seeds) Berachot (Ber.) Blessings and prayers Pe’ah Gleanings (laws of charity) Demai (Dem.) Produce not definitely tithed Kilayim (Kil.) Diverse kinds (prohibitions against crossbreeding and mingling of varied species of plants, animals, and clothing) Shevi’it Sabbatical year Terumot (Ter.) Gifts to the Kohanim Ma’aserot (Ma’as.) Tithes for the Levites and the poor Ma’aser Sheni (Ma’as Sh.) Second tithes (to be eaten in Jerusalem) Hallah (Hal.) Dough offering to the Kohanim Orlah Forbidden fruits of young trees (first four years) Bikkurim (Bik.) First fruits (offered at the Temple) Mo’ed (festivals) Shabbat (Shab.) Sabbath laws Eruvin (Er.) Permissible limits on the Sabbath Pesachim (Pes.) Passover (hametz, matzah, paschal sacrifice) Shekalim (Shek.) Shekel dues for the Temple and Temple ceremonies Yoma Yom Kippur (sacrifices and fast) Sukkah (Suk.) Sukkot (sukkah, four species) Beitzah (Betz.) General festival laws Rosh Hashanah (RH) New Year (prayers, shofar, fixing months and years) Ta’anit (Taan.) Fast days (other than Yom Kippur) 779 Megillah (Meg.) Purim Mo’ed Katan (MK) Intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot (lit., “little festival”) Hagigah (Hag.) Special sacrifices for the three pilgrimage festivals Nashim (women) Yevamot (Yev.) Levirate marriage and halitzah; prohibited marriages Ketubot (Ket.) Marriage contract (mutual rights and duties of husband and wife) Nedarim (Ned.) Vows (making and annulling of vows) Nazir (Naz.) Nazirite vows Sotah (Sot.) Wife suspected of adultery Gittin (Git.) Divorce and the get Kiddushin (Kid.) Betrothal and marriage Nezikin (damages) Bava Kamma (BK) Torts (damage to persons and property) Bava Metzia (BM) Civil law (lost and found property, fraud, usury, relations with workers) Bava Batra (BB) Property law (real estate, inheritance, sales, partnerships ) Sanhedrin (Sanh.) Courts of justice, judicial procedure, criminal law Makkot (Mak.) Flagellation (punishment of criminals, cities of refuge) Shevu’ot (Shev.) Oaths Eduyot (Eduy.) Testimonies (various rabbinic teachings) Avodah Zarah (Av. Zar.) Prohibition of idolatry Avot Ethical teachings Horayot (Hor.) Erroneous rulings by the court on matters of religious law (and how to correct them) Kodashim (holy things) Zevachim (Zev.) Sacrificial system in the Temple Menahot (Men.) Cereal offerings, tzitzit, tefillin Hullin (Hul.) Ritual slaughter of animals and the dietary laws Bekhorot (Bek.) Firstborn children and animals Arachin (Ar.) Laws of valuations or contributions to the Temple Temurah (Tem.) Substituting one animal offering for another 780 Orders of the Mishnah and Tractates of the Talmud Keritot (Ker.) Sins punishable by death or separation from the community Me’ilah Sacrilege against Temple property Tamid (Tam.) Daily offerings in the Temple Middot (Mid.) Architecture and measurements of the Temple Kinnim (Kin.) Bird offerings Tohorot (cleanness/purity) Kelim (Kel.) Ritual impurity of utensils Oholot (Ohol.) Ritual impurity related to a corpse Nega’im (Neg.) Leprosy Parah Red heifer Tohorot (Toh.) Ritual purification Mikva’ot (Mik.) Mikveh (bath for ritual purification) Niddah (Nid.) Family purity (menstruation and the monthly period of separation between husband and wife) Machshirin Liquids and foods subject to ritual uncleanness Zavim (Zav.) Discharges rendering a person ritually unclean Tevul Yom (TY) Various forms of ritual uncleanness Yadayim (Yad.) Ritual uncleanness of the hands Ukzin Fruits and plants subject to ritual uncleanness Orders of the Mishnah and Tractates of the Talmud 781 ...