The Talmud is a basis of Jewish Law. The Talmud consists of the Mishnah and Gemara. The Written and Oral Torahs was handed down through the successive generations from the time of Moses. [See a page of Talmud]
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Moses
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Joshua
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Elders
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Prophets
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Men of the Great Assembly
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Pharisees
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Rabbis
The Talmud is divided into 6 seders (orders) and 39 different tractates.
| Zeraim |
זרעים |
Seeds - agriculture and prayer |
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| Berachot |
בּרכות |
prayers and benedictions |
audio |
| Pe'ah |
פּאה |
laws of gleaning and charity |
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| Demai |
דמאי |
doubtfully tithed produce |
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| Kil'ayim |
כלאים |
various kinds of seeds, trees, and animals |
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| Shevi'it |
שׁביעית |
laws of the sabbatical year |
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| Terumot |
תרומות |
produce contributions to the priests |
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| Ma'aserot |
מעשׂרות |
tithes for the Levites and the poor |
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| Ma'aser Sheni |
מעשׂר שׁני |
the second tithe and bringing it to Jerusalem |
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| Challah |
חלה |
the dough offering to the Priests |
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| Orlah |
ערלה |
prohibition against harvesting trees for four years |
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| Bikurim |
בּיכורים |
offerings of the first fruits at the Temple |
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| Moed |
מועד |
Festivals - Shabbat, festivals, and fasts |
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| Shabbat |
שׁבּת |
sabbath laws |
audio |
| Eruvin |
עירוב |
rabbinical decrees regarding the sabbath |
audio |
| Pesachim |
פּסים |
laws of hametz and matzah and the paschal sacrifice |
audio |
| Shekalim |
שׁקלים |
the shekel dues for the Temple and Temple ceremonies |
audio |
| Yoma |
יומא |
sacrifices and the fast on Yom Kippur |
audio |
| Sukkah |
סוכּה |
the building of a sukkah, the four species, and the festival in the Temple |
audio |
| Beitzah |
בּיצה |
rabbinical decrees concerning the festivals |
audio |
| Rosh Hashannah |
ראשׁ השׁנה |
fixing the months and years, blowing the shofar, and the Rosh Hashannah prayers |
audio |
| Taanit |
תּענית |
public fast days |
audio |
| Megillah |
מגלּה |
laws of Purim |
audio |
| Moed Katan |
מועד קטן |
laws of the intermediate festival days |
audio |
| Chagigah |
חגיגה |
halakhot for pilgrimage festivals |
audio |
| Nashim |
נשׁים |
Women - infidelity, marriage, and divorce |
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| Yevamot |
יבּומת |
Levirate marriage, prohibitions on marriage, testimony on the death of the husband |
audio |
| Ketubot |
כּתבּהת |
the marriage contract and special agreements |
audio |
| Nedarim |
נדרים |
various types of vows |
audio |
| Nazir |
נזיר |
the nazirite laws |
audio |
| Sotah |
שׂטה |
laws concerning adulteress, murder in which the perpetrator is unknown, and war |
audio |
| Gittin |
גטין |
divorce, writing and sending the get |
audio |
| Kiddushin |
קדושׁין |
the marriage act, laws of genealogy |
audio |
| Nezikin |
נזיקין |
Damages - civil and criminal law, government, and ethics |
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| Bava Kamma |
בּבא קמא |
damage to person and property, loans and interest, stolen goods |
audio |
| Bava Metzia |
בּבא מציעא |
lost and found property, embezzlement, fraud, usury, sales, rentals, rights of hired laborers |
audio |
| Bava Batra |
בּבא בּתרא |
real estate, possessions, inheritance, partnership, evidence, testimony |
audio |
| Sanhedrin |
סנהדרין |
the judiciary, judicial procedure, capital punishment |
audio |
| Makkot |
מכות |
false witnesses, cities of refuge, corporal punishment |
audio |
| Shevuot |
שׁבועות |
oaths |
audio |
| Eduyot |
עדויות |
a collection of testimonies on various subjects and erroneous rulings of the courts and their rectification |
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| Avodah Zarah |
עבודה זרה |
idolatry and superstitions |
audio |
| Avot |
אבות |
Ethics of the Fathers |
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| Horayot |
הוריות |
erroneous judicial rulings |
audio |
| Kodashim |
קדשׁים |
Holy Things - Temple, sacrifices, kashrut |
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| Zevachim |
זבחים |
animal and bird sacrifices in the Temple |
audio |
| Menachot |
מנחות |
flour offerings and wine libations |
audio |
| Chullin |
חולון |
laws of non-sacred animal slaughter and dietary laws |
audio |
| Bechorot |
בּכורות |
redemption of firstborns (human and animal) |
audio |
| Erachin |
ערכין |
consecration of personal worth to the Temple |
audio |
| Temurah |
תמורה |
exchange of sanctified things |
audio |
| Kereitot |
כּריתות |
spiritual excision and sin-offerings |
audio |
| Me'ila |
מעילה |
sacrilegious treatment of Temple property |
audio |
| Tamid |
תמיד |
daily morning and evening sacrifice |
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| Middot |
מידות |
Temple architecture |
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| Kinnim |
קנים |
birds (nests) offerings |
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| Tohorot |
טהורת |
Purity - ritual purity and impurity |
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| Kelim |
כּלים |
ritual uncleanness of utensils and garments |
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| Oholot |
אהלית |
defilement caused by a corpse to houses |
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| Negaim |
נגעים |
complex laws of tzareet |
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| Parah |
פּרה |
regulations concerning the red heifer |
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| Tohorot |
טהורת |
lesser degrees of uncleanliness lasting until sunset |
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| Mikavot |
מקואות |
ritual baths and immersion |
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| Niddah |
נדה |
laws of family purity |
audio |
| Machshirin |
מחשׁרין |
liquids and foods that are susceptible to ritual uncleanness |
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| Zavim |
זבים |
secretions which render a person unclean |
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| Tevul Yom |
תואל יום |
cleanness acquired at sunset after daytime immersion |
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| Yadayim |
ידים |
defilement of the hands and their purification |
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| Uktzin |
עוקצין |
fruits and plants susceptible to uncleanness |
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