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What are the names and topics of all the tractates of the Talmud?

by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

  

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Berachot - Blessings

Shabbat - Sabbath

Eruvin - Carrying on Sabbath

Pesachim - Passover

Shekalim - Upkeep of the Temple

Yoma - Yom Kippur

Sukkah - Holiday of Sukkot

Betzah - Laws of Festivals

Rosh Hashanah - New Year

Taanit - Fast Days

Megillah - Purim

Moed Katan - Chol Hamoed (intermediate days of the holidays)

Chagigah - Festival Offering

Yevamot - Levirate

Ketuvot - Marriage Contract

Nedarim - Vows

Nazir - Nazirite

Sotah - Suspected Adulteress

Gittin - Bills of Divorcement

Kiddushin - Marriage

Bava Kamma - Damages

Bava Metzia - Lost Items and Watchmen

Bava Batra - Partnerships and Inheritance

Sanhedrin - High Court of Law

Makkot - Corporeal punishment

Shevuot - Oaths

Avodah Zarah - Idol Worship

Horayot - Rulings

Zevachim - Animal Offerings

Menachot - Meal Offerings

Chulin - Slaughtering

Bechorot - Firstlings

Arachin - Estimations of Consecrated Items

Temurah - Substitution of Sacrifices

Keritot - Excisions

Me'ilah - Unlawful use of consecrated things

Tamid - the Daily Offering

Niddah - Family Purity


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Shabbat
(pl: Shabbatot). Hebrew word meaning "rest." It is a Biblical commandment to sanctify and rest on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. This commemorates the fact that after creating the world in six days, G-d rested on the seventh.
Passover
A Biblically mandated early-spring festival celebrating the Jewish exodus from Egypt in the year 1312 BCE.
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year. An early autumn two day holiday marking the creation of Adam and Eve. On this day we hear the blasts of the ram's horn and accept G-d's sovereignty upon ourselves and the world. On Rosh Hashanah we pray that G-d should grant us all a sweet New Year.
Sukkot
A seven day autumn festival commemorating the miracle of the Heavenly Clouds which enveloped the Jews while traveling in the desert for forty years. On this holiday we dwell in makeshift booths and shake the Four Species.
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement. This late-autumn high-holiday is the holiest day of the year. We devote this day to repentance and all healthy adults are required to fast.
Sukkah
The temporary structure in which we are required to dwell for the duration of the holiday of Sukkot. The Sukkah must have at least three walls and its roof consists of unsecured branches, twigs or wooden slats.
Purim
A one-day holiday celebrated in late winter commemorating the miraculous deliverance of the Jewish people from a decree of annihilation issued by Persian King Ahasuerus in the year 356 BCE.
Megillah
A scroll. Usually a reference to the Book of Esther, one of the books of the "Written Torah", which is read--from a scroll--on the holiday of Purim.
Sanhedrin
The Jewish Supreme Court. The court would convene in a designated chamber in the Holy Temple, and was comprised of 71 of the greatest scholars of the time. Continued after the destruction of the Temples, but was dissolved in the 5th century when due to Roman persecution the seat of Torah scholarship relocated from Israel to Babylon.
Chol Hamoed
(lit. "mundane [days] of the festival"), the intermediate days of the Festivals of Passover and Sukkot. On these days many of the holiday work restrictions are lifted.
Sotah
A woman suspected of adultery, with probable cause. She is taken to the Holy Temple and given a potion which causes her death if she is guilty of the sin.
Shekalim
Plural form of Shekel. Currency used in ancient Israel. [Modern Israeli currency also carries the same name.]
Temple
1. Usually a reference to the Holy Temple which was/will be situated in Jerusalem. 1st Temple was built in 825 BCE and was destroyed in 423 BCE. The 2nd Temple was built in 350 BCE and was destroyed in 70 CE. The 3rd Temple will be built by the Messiah. 2. A synagogue.
Niddah
A menstruating woman. A niddah may not have intimate relations with her husband until she immerses in a ritual pool of water.
Family Purity
Laws relating to intimacy between husband and wife. The primary point of Family Purity is the woman's purifying immersion in a ritual bath which allows the couple to resume intimate relations after the woman's menstrual period.