tractate
81Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope — The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the seventh Lutheran credal document of the Book of Concord. Philip Melanchthon, its author, completed it on… …
82Peshat — (also P shat, פשט) is one of four classical methods of Jewish biblical exegesis used by Rabbis and Jewish bible scholars in reading the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh. Peshat is part of a group of exegetical methods known together as… …
83Berakhot (Talmud) — Berakhot (Hebrew: ברכות, Benedictions ) is the first masekhet ( tractate ) of Seder Zeraim ( Order of Seeds ) of the Mishnah, the first major text of Jewish law. It primarily addresses the rules regarding the Shema, the Amidah, Birkat Hamazon (… …
84Foundation Stone — For other uses, see Cornerstone (disambiguation). The Stone south is towards the top of the image The Foundation Stone (Hebrew: אבן השתייה, translit. Even haShetiya) or Rock (Arabic: صخرة translit. Sakhrah, Hebrew: סלע translit.: Sela) is the… …
85Shabbat (Talmud) — This is about part of the Talmud; for the Jewish day of rest, see Shabbat. Shabbat (Hebrew: שבת) is first tractate (book) in the Order (Mishnaic section) of Moed, of the Mishnah and Talmud. The tractate consists of 24 chapters.The tractate… …
86Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period — The Temple Mount …
87ARAKHIN — (Aram. עֲרָכִין, Valuations ), the fifth tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud in the order of Kodashim. Mishnah tractate Arakhin portrays the system of votive donations that financed the Temple s maintenance – as distinct from… …
88BAVA BATRA — (Aram. בָּבָא בָּתְרָא, last gate ), tractate of the Mishnah with Gemara in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. The tractates bava kamma , bava Meẓia , and Bava Batra were originally one large tractate, Nezikin. The division into three… …
89BEKHOROT — (Heb. בְּכוֹרוֹת; Firstborn ), fourth tractate in the Mishnah, in the order of Kodashim. Bekhorot is a striking instance of the weaving together of disparate strands to form a mishnaic tractate. The main unifying principle is biblical: I… …
90BEẒAH — (Heb. בֵּיצָה; egg ), a tractate (so called after its opening word) of the order Mo ed, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Babylonian Talmud, and Jerusalem Talmud. The tractate deals with the laws of festivals, but whereas other tractates of the order Mo… …
