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  • 41KELIM — (Heb. כֵּלִים; vessels ), first tractate of the Mishnah order of Tohorot. Including vessels of all kinds, the term also embraces clothing, furniture, and weapons – indeed any artifact, utensil, or implement. This tractate deals in 30 chapters… …

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  • 43KIDDUSHIN — (Heb. קִדּוּשִׁין), the last tractate in the order Nashim in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and both Talmuds. It deals with matrimonial matters. Its position at the end of the order is due to the fact that the order of the tractates is determined by their …

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  • 44MO'ED KATAN — (Heb. מוֹעֵד קָטָן; small festival ), 11th tractate in the Mishnah order of Mo ed, concerned mainly with ḥol ha mo ed ( the intermediate days of the festivals of passover and sukkot ). The original name of this tractate seems to have been Mo ed… …

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  • 45NEZIKIN — (Heb. נְזִיקִין; torts ), fourth order of the Mishnah according to the order given by Simeon b. Lakish (Shab. 31a), although according to another tradition (Tanḥuma in Num. R. 13:15), it is the sixth. Originally Nezikin was the name of the first… …

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  • 46SHEKALIM — (Heb. שְׁקָלִים), fourth tractate in the order of Mo ed , which deals, in eight chapters, with the annual half shekel tax collected for the maintenance of the Temple and its services and with allied subjects. There is no Gemara in the Babylonian… …

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  • 47Rashi — For the astrological concept, see Rāshi (Jyotiṣa). Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, ( he. רבי שלמה יצחקי), better known by the acronym Rashi (Hebrew: rlm;רש י lrm;), (February 22, 1040 ndash; July 13, 1105), was a rabbi from France, famed as the author of… …

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  • 48Amen — The word Amen (Hebrew Name|אָמֵן|Amen|’Amen ; ar. آمين, ’Āmīn ; So be it; truly ) is a declaration of affirmationcite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01407b.htm|publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia|title=Amen|accessdate=2007 08 20] found in… …

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  • 49De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi — Of the Unjust Persecution of the Bishop William I Language …

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  • 50AVODAH ZARAH — (Heb. עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה; Idolatrous Worship ), tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds in the order of Nezikin; its name is already referred to in the Babylonian Talmud (Av. Zar. 56b). The tractate   was assigned to… …

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