Tosefta
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Seder Zeraim(Agriculture)
Berakhot
Blessings and prayers, focusing on Shema and the Amidah.
Peah
Crops left in the corner of a field for the poor to take, other agricultural gifts to the poor.
Demai
Produce from one who is suspected to have neglected tithing and the requirement to tithe it.
Terumot
Required donations of agricultural produce to priestly households and its sacred status.
Sheviit
The seventh year of the agricultural cycle, when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven.
Kilayim
Prohibited mixtures of certain seeds, plants, animals, or materials of clothing.
Maasrot
Separating tithes for priests, Levites, the poor, and for consumption in Jerusalem.
Maaser Sheni
A tithe eaten in Jerusalem or exchanged for money to be used for purchasing food there.
Orlah
Fruit growing on a tree in its first three years, when benefitting from the fruit is prohibited.
Challah
Dough separated when baking bread and given to priests.
Bikkurim
First fruits and grains ceremoniously brought to the Temple and given to a priest next to the altar.
Seder Moed(Holidays)
Shabbat
Creative work prohibited on Shabbat and other laws that preserve the sanctity of the day.
Eruvin
Enclosures that legally expand the areas in which one can carry and travel on Shabbat.
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Pesachim
Passover: ridding of chametz, the Paschal lamb offering, matzah, and the Seder.
Shekalim
Annual half-shekel donations to the Temple, administration and inventory of the Temple.
Yoma
Yom Kippur: the High Priest’s preparation, the Temple service, the fast, and repentance.
Sukkah
The structure of and obligation to dwell in the sukkah, the four species, and celebrating the holiday in the Temple.
Beitzah
Holiday laws governing which objects can be used, how food is prepared, and what labor is permitted.
Rosh Hashanah
The declaration process for a new month in the Temple period, blowing the shofar, and Rosh Hashanah liturgy.
Ta'anit
Praying for rain, fasting in times of drought, and annual fast days marking Jerusalem’s destruction.
Megillah
Reading the scroll of Esther on Purim, synagogue rituals, and treatment of sacred objects.
Moed Katan
Laws of Chol HaMoed (the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot).
Chagigah
Sacrifices offered on pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Festivals and laws of ritual purity.
Seder Nashim(Family law)
Yevamot
The mandated marriage of a widow to the brother of her childless husband and the alternative rite discharging that obligation.
Ketubot
The marital contract (Ketubah) and obligations between husband and wife.
Nedarim
Vows taken voluntarily, particularly those that forbid specific actions or objects.
Nazir
The nazarite, or one who vows abstinence from wine, haircuts, and ritual impurity generated from contact with corpses.
Sotah
A woman suspected of adultery, the ritual determining her culpability, and other rituals involving recitation.
Gittin
Laws relating to divorce, focusing on the get (bill of divorce) and its delivery.
Kiddushin
Betrothal, marriage, acquisitions, and lineage.
Seder Nezikin(Damages)
Bava Kamma
Liability and compensation for damages inflicted on people or property.
Bava Metzia
Disputed property, returning lost objects, guarding, renting, borrowing, and responsibilities of workers and employers.
Bava Batra
Relationships between neighbors, land ownership, sales, and inheritance.
Sanhedrin
The judicial system, forming the court, accepting testimony, and executing capital punishment.
Makkot
Court-administered lashing, false witnesses, and cities of refuge for inadvertent murderers.
Shevuot
Oaths and the process of atoning for entering the Temple or eating from a sacrifice while impure.
Eduyot
The only tractate without a unified subject, organized as collections of laws on various topics.
Avodah Zarah
Disassociating from idolatry, regulations on business interactions between Jews and idolaters.
Horayot
Atoning for erroneous rulings of the court and inadvertent sins of leaders.
Seder Kodashim(Sacrifices)
Zevachim
Animal and bird sacrifices in the Temple.
Chullin
Slaughter of animals and birds for non-consecrated purposes, other aspects of kashrut.
Menachot
Flour offerings, usually mixed with oil, wine libations, and bread loaf offerings in the Temple.
Bekhorot
Transfer of first-born kosher animals to a priest, redemption of first-born donkeys and people.
Seder Tahorot(Purity)
Kelim Kamma
Earthenware vessels, like clay ovens, and their statuses in purity laws.
Kelim Metzia
Metal vessels and their statuses in purity laws.
Kelim Batra
Clothing, leather, glass, and stone vessels, their statuses in purity laws.
Oholot
The spread of a corpse’s impurity through contact, carrying, or dwelling under the same roof.
Negaim
Tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin, houses, or clothing, purification for the infected.
Parah
Burning of a red heifer and mixing of its ashes with spring water to be used for purification.
Niddah
The ritual impurity of a woman in her menstrual cycle or experiencing particular discharges.
Mikvaot
Ritual baths and the process of immersing in them to become pure.
Tahorot
How food, drinks, objects and people become impure and spread impurity.
Makhshirin
Water, oil, milk, wine, honey, dew, or blood touching food and rendering it susceptible to impurity.
About Tosefta
The Tosefta is a companion volume to the Mishnah, containing laws and discussions that were not included in the Mishnah’s redaction. Its structure and subject matter parallel that of the Mishnah, but the Tosefta is often more detailed.
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