List of Talmudic tractates

The Mishnah consists of six divisions known as Sedarim or Orders. The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) has Gemara—rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah—on 37 masekhtot (pronounced [/masˈχɛtot/]; Hebrew: מַסֶּכְתּוֹת, lit.'tractates'; sg. מַסֶּכֶת, masekhet). The Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi) has Gemara on 39 masekhtot.[1] The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (Halakha) and Jewish theology.[2]

Structure

Every printed masekhet ('tractate') of the Talmud Bavli begins on page 2 (with the exception of tractates Middot, Tamid and Kinnim), making the actual page count one less than the numbers below.[3]

While the Talmud Bavli has had a standardized page count for over 100 years[as of?] based on the Vilna Edition Shas (i.e., the Vilna edition), the standard page count of the Yerushalmi used in most modern scholarly literature is based on the 1523 Bomberg Talmud, which uses folio (#) and column number ('a', 'b', 'c', and 'd'; e.g., tractate Berakhot 2d would be folio page 2, column 4). A modern alternative page count and numbering system for the Yerushalmi was published by Oz Vehadar in the 2010s,[4] which is used in the table that follows.[5]

Masekhet Chapters Mishnayot Pages of Gemara
Talmud Bavli
Pages of Gemara
Talmud Yerushalmi
Seder Zeraim (11 masekhtot) 75 655 63 744
Berakhot 9 57 64 94
Pe'ah 8 69 N/a 73
Demai 7 53 N/a 77
Kil'ayim 9 77 N/a 84
Shevi'it 10 89 N/a 87
Terumot 11 101 N/a 107
Ma'aserot 5 40 N/a 46
Ma'aser Sheni 5 57 N/a 59
Challah 4 38 N/a 49
Orlah 3 35 N/a 42
Bikkurim 4 39 N/a 26
Seder Moed (12 masekhtot) 88 681 731 620
Shabbat 24 139 157 113
Eruvin 10 96 105 71
Pesachim 10 89 121 86
Shekalim 8 52 22 Talmud Yerushalmi 61
Yoma 8 61 88 57
Sukkah 5 53 56 33
Beitza 5 42 40 49
Rosh Hashanah 4 35 35 27
Ta'anit 4 34 31 31
Megillah 4 33 32 41
Mo'ed Katan 3 24 29 23
Chagigah 3 23 27 28
Seder Nashim (7 masekhtot) 71 578 605 418
Yevamot 16 128 122 88
Ketubot 13 111 112 77
Nedarim 11 90 91 42
Nazir 9 60 66 53
Sotah 9 67 49 52
Gittin 9 75 90 53
Kiddushin 4 47 82 53
Seder Nezikin (10 masekhtot) 74 685 682 301
Bava Kamma 10 79 119 40
Bava Metzia 10 101 119 35
Bava Batra 10 86 176 39
Sanhedrin 11 71 113 75
Makkot 3 34 24 11
Shevu'ot 8 62 49 49
Eduyot 8 74 N/a N/a
Avodah Zarah 5 50 76 34
Pirkei Avot 6 108 N/a N/a
Horayot 3 20 14 18
Seder Kodashim (11 masekhtot) 91 590 558 N/a
Zevahim 14 101 120 N/a
Menachot 13 93 110 N/a
Chullin 12 74 142 N/a
Bekhorot 9 73 61 N/a
Arachin 9 50 34 N/a
Temurah 7 35 34 N/a
Keritot 6 43 28 N/a
Me'ilah 6 38 22 N/a
Tamid 7 34 8 N/a
Middot 5 34 3 mishnayot N/a
Kinnim 3 15 4 mishnayot N/a
Seder Tohorot (12 masekhtot) 126 1,003 72 11
Keilim 30 254 N/a N/a
Oholot 18 134 N/a N/a
Nega'im 14 115 N/a N/a
Parah 12 96 N/a N/a
Tohorot 10 92 N/a N/a
Mikva'ot 10 71 N/a N/a
Niddah 10 79 73 11
Makhshirin 6 54 N/a N/a
Zavim 5 32 N/a N/a
Tevul Yom 4 26 N/a N/a
Yadayim 4 22 N/a N/a
Uktzim 3 28 N/a N/a
63 masechtot 525 4,192 2,711 2,094

Masechtot Shekalim, Middot and Kinnim are printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud despite there not being Babylonian Talmud gemara.

In addition to the tractates of the Mishnah and Tosefta, there are also the Minor Tractates (Hebrew: מסכתות קטנות), a collection of short treatises dealing with various ethical and ritual topics not covered in the main Talmudic tractates. For more information, see Minor tractate.

See also

References

  1. ^ Birnbaum, Philip (1975). "Tractates". A Book of Jewish Concepts. New York, NY: Hebrew Publishing Company. p. 373-374. ISBN 088482876X.
  2. ^ Steinsaltz, Adin (2009). "What is the Talmud?". The Essential Talmud (30th anniversary ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780786735419.
  3. ^ "Talmud Bavli". sefaria.org. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Talmud Yerushalmi: Peninim Edition, Compact Size (Hardcover) (in Hebrew). Israel: Oz Vehadar. 2014. ASIN B07V5CWBGY.
  5. ^ "Laughing Last". 12 September 2011.