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91CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of… …
92EDUYYOT — (Heb. עֵדֻיּוֹת; Testimonies ), tractate of the Mishnah in the order Nezikin. Eduyyot is different from all other tractates in the Mishnah, in that it does not focus on a particular subject matter but rather contains a number of relatively small… …
93KETUBBOT — KETUBBAH (Heb.כְּתֻבּוֹת; Marriage Contracts ), second tractate in the order Nashim, dealing with rights and duties arising out of the contract of marriage. Ketubbah, literally, that which is written, denotes in this tractate not so much the… …
94MA'ASEROT — (Heb. מַעַשְׂרוֹת; Tithes ), seventh tractate in the order Zera im, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Jerusalem Talmud. It is sometimes referred to as Ma aser Rishon ( First Tithe – genizah fragments, Cambridge Ms., Tosefta Ms., and Maimonides… …
95MAKKOT — (Heb. מַכּוֹת; Flagellation ), fifth tractate in the order Nezikin, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. The tractate deals with three separate topics and is a continuation of the preceding tractate Sanhedrin, as it also …
96NAZIR — (Heb. נָזִיר; Nazirite ), fourth tractate in the order Nashim, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. It deals, as its name indicates, with the laws of the nazirite (Num. 6:1–21), and its position after the tractate… …
97NIDDAH — (Heb. נִדָּה menstruating woman ; literally, one who is excluded or expelled ). According to Jewish law, a man is forbidden to maintain sexual relations with his wife during and for some time both before and after (see below) her menses. Marital… …
98SEMAḤOT — (Heb. שְׂמָחוֹת; also called Evel, divided into Evel Rabbati and Evel Zuta), the classic rabbinic text on death and mourning, one of the minor tractates generally appended to the Babylonian Talmud. Although it is not included in the Codex Munich …
99SHEVI'IT — (Heb. שְׁבִיעִית; Seventh Year ), fifth tractate in the Mishnah order Zera im , dealing with the problems of the sabbatical or shemittah year. There is Gemara in the Jerusalem Talmud but not in the Babylonian. The contents of the ten chapters of… …
100SIYYUM — (Heb. סִיּוּם; conclusion ), designation for celebrations held on certain occasions. (1) siyyum sefer torah is a consecration ceremony held at the conclusion of the writing of a new Torah Scroll. The last, and sometimes the first, verses of the… …
