Talmud Summary

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Talmud Summary A summary listing of the 63 tractates (Masekhet) of the Jewish Talmud, and the 6 Orders (Sedarim).


Oral Torah - Mishnah	Codification of the Halachah (walking)		Hebrew - 200 CE - Tannaim
Talmud- Palistinian	Talmud Yarushahni, less well regarded	(Y)	Hebrew - 425 CE - Amoraim	Y
Talmud- Babylonian	Talmud Bavli, more highly regarded	(B)	Aramaic - 500 CE		B

Mishnah -	Body of oral law		The Teachers
Gemara -	Commentary on the law		The Interpreters

Talmud - List of Tractates
	Sedarim (6 Orders)		Masekhet (63 tractates)	Tractate Count	# of Chap.	# of Pages	Periqim - Mishnayot (chapters) - (teachings)	Found Where ?
1	Zera'im (seeds)
		1	Berakhot	1	9	405	Laws of prayers and blessings	Y	B
		2	Peah	2	8	46	Gleanings left for the poor	Y	B
		3	Demai	3	7	82	Produce bought from suspicious person	Y	B
		4	Kilayim	4	9	68	Forbidden mixtures of plants, animals	Y	B
		5	Shevi'it	5	10	52	Sabbatical year	Y	B
		6	Terumot	6	11	57	Heave offerings	Y	B
		7	Ma'asrot	7	5	29	Tithes	Y	B
		8	Ma'aser Sheni	8	5	33	Tithes eaten in Jerusalem	Y	B
		9	Hallah	9	4	40	Bread dough	Y	B
		10	Orlah	10	3	29	No fruit first 3 years	Y	B
		11	Bikkurim	11	4	24	Offering of first fruits	Y	B
2	Moed (holidays)
		1	Shabbat	12	24	806	39 forbidden Sabbath labors	Y	B
		2	Eruvin	13	10	733	Rabbinical decrees	Y	B
		3	Pesahim	14	10	623	Passover	Y	B
		4	Skekalim	15	8	36	Annual head tax	Y	B
		5	Yoma	16	8	441	Yom Kippur - fast and repentance	Y	B
		6	Sukkah	17	5	27	Sukkat festival laws	Y	B
		7	Betzah	18	5	203	Festival laws	Y	B
		8	Rosh Hashanah	19	4	174	Holiday laws	Y	B
		9	Ta'anit	20	4	165	Fast days during drought	Y	B
		10	Megillah	21	4	195	Fast days	Y	B
		11	Moed Kattan	22	3	192	Work permitted during Pesach & Sukkot	Y	B
		12	(C)Hagigah	23	3	171	Discussing nakedness	Y	B
3	Nashim (women)
		1	Yevamot	24	16	871	Childless widows, incestuous unions	Y	B
		2	Ketubot	25	13	728	Marriage contracts, financial obligations	Y	B
		3	Nedarim	26	11	283	Vows and oaths	Y	B
		4	Nazir	27	9	253	Nazirite vows	Y	B
		5	Sotah	28	9	271	Woman suspected of adultery	Y	B
		6	Gittin	29	9	439	Divorce	Y	B
		7	Kiddushin	30	4	425	Marriage	Y	B
4	Nezikin (damages)
		1	Bava Kamma	31	10	719	Property damage, loans and interest	Y	B
		2	Bava Metzia	32	10	676	Laws of chattel, lost and found	Y	B
		3	Bava Batra	33	10	780	Possessions, inheritance, evidence	Y	B
		4	Sanhedrin	34	11	781	Judiciary, capital punishment	Y	B
		5	Makkot	35	3	175	Lashings, false witness	Y	B
		6	Shevuot	36	8	309	Oaths	Y	B
		7	Eduyot	37	8	50	Legal rulings		B
		8	Avodah Zarah	38	5	366	Rules concerning idols	Y	B
		9	Pirkei Avot (Aboth)	39	5	91	Wise sayings of our fathers	Y	B
		10	Horayot	40	3	106	Erroneous judicial rulings	Y	B
5	Kodashim (holy things)
		1	Zevahim	41	14	596	Animal and bird sacrifices		B
		2	Menachot	42	13	682	Flour offerings, wine drinking		B
		3	(C)Hulin	43	12	825	Laws of meat animals		B
		4	Bekhorot	44	9	418	Law of the firstborn		B
		5	Arakhin	45	9	204	Men and thing valuation		B
		6	Temurah	46	7	253	Sacrifice animal exchange		B
		7	Keritot	47	6	220	Punishment of Kerit		B
		8	Me'ilah	48	6	86	Profane use of holy things		B
		9	Tamid	49	6	38	Daily burnt offerings		B
		10	Middot	50	5	23	Architecture - Second Temple		B
		11	Kinnim	51	3	24	Offerings after childbirth		B
6	Tohorot (ritual cleanliness)
		1	Kelim	52	30	142	Rules for utensils		B
		2	Ohalot	53	18	86	Rules of corpses		B
		3	Negaim	54	14	70	Rules of tzarras- lepers		B
		4	Parah	55	12	58	Rules for Heifers		B
		5	Tohorot	56	10	60	Purifications		B
		6	Mikvaot	57	10	46	Ritual baths		B
		7	Niddah	58	10	509	Menstruation, childbirth uncleanliness	Y	B
		8	Makshirin	59	6	36	Impure foods when wet		B
		9	Zavim	60	5	24	Ritual Uncleanliness- Secretions		B
		10	Tevul Yom	61	4	20	Uncleanliness after ritual bathing		B
		11	Yadayim	62	4	26	Ritual impurity of hands		B
		12	Uk'zim	63	3	20	Impurity of harvested plants		B
			TOTAL Chapters		523	16,240	TOTAL Pages	40	63

Main Religion Books Comparison
Religion	Name	Rough Equivalence
Judaism Catholicism Protestantism Islam Hinduism Buddhism	Hebrew Tanach Talmud Rheims Bible King James Bible Qur'an (Koran) Bhagavad Gita Tipitaka	Books - 39 Tractates - 63 Books (46 + 27) Books (39 + 27) Suras - 114 Chapters - 18
Books of the Bible Summary Although the Protestants came along after the Catholics, the protestant King James Bible preceeds the Rheims Catholic Bible by a few years.

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This Vaughns One-Page Summaries Talmud Summary web page was updated on 2009-09-16.