List of Talmudic tractates
The Mishnah consists of six divisions known as Sedarim or Orders. The Babylonian Talmud has Gemara — rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah — on thirty-seven masekhtot. The Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi) has Gemara on thirty-nine 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 Talmud Bavli begins on page 2 (with the exception of Middot, Tamid and Kinnim), making the actual page count one less than the numbers below.[3]
While the Talmud Bavli has a standardized page count based on the Vilna edition, a standardized page count and numbering system does not exist for Yerushalmi, where topics are often referenced by chapter and Mishnah rather than page.[4]
Masekhet | Chapters | Mishnahs | Pages of Gemara Talmud Bavli |
Pages of Gemara Yerushalmi | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seder Zeraim 11 masechtot |
75 | 655 | 63 | 393 | |
Berakhot | 9 | 57 | 64 | 68 | |
Pe'ah | 8 | 69 | N/A | 37 | |
Demai | 7 | 53 | N/A | 34 | |
Kil'ayim | 9 | 77 | N/A | 44 | |
Shevi'it | 10 | 89 | N/A | 31 | |
Terumot | 11 | 101 | N/A | 59 | |
Ma'aserot | 5 | 40 | N/A | 26 | |
Ma'aser Sheni | 5 | 57 | N/A | 33 | |
Challah | 4 | 38 | N/A | 28 | |
Orlah | 3 | 35 | N/A | 20 | |
Bikkurim | 4 | 39 | N/A | 13 | |
Seder Moed 12 masechtot |
88 | 681 | 731 | 474 | |
Shabbat | 24 | 139 | 157 | 92 | |
Eruvin | 10 | 96 | 105 | 65 | |
Pesachim | 10 | 89 | 121 | 71 | |
Shekalim | 8 | 52 | 22 (Talmud Yerushalmi) | 33 | |
Rosh Hashanah | 4 | 35 | 35 | 22 | |
Yoma | 8 | 61 | 88 | 42 | |
Sukkah | 5 | 53 | 56 | 26 | |
Beitza | 5 | 42 | 40 | 22 | |
Ta'anit | 4 | 34 | 31 | 26 | |
Megillah | 4 | 33 | 32 | 34 | |
Mo'ed Katan | 3 | 24 | 29 | 19 | |
Chagigah | 3 | 23 | 27 | 22 | |
Seder Nashim 7 masechtot |
71 | 578 | 605 | 393 | |
Yevamot | 16 | 123 | 122 | 85 | |
Ketubot | 13 | 111 | 112 | 72 | |
Nedarim | 11 | 90 | 91 | 40 | |
Nazir | 9 | 60 | 66 | 47 | |
Sotah | 9 | 67 | 49 | 47 | |
Gittin | 9 | 75 | 90 | 54 | |
Kiddushin | 4 | 46 | 82 | 48 | |
Seder Nezikin 10 masechtot |
74 | 685 | 682 | 281 | |
Bava Kamma | 10 | 79 | 119 | 44 | |
Bava Metzia | 10 | 101 | 119 | 37 | |
Bava Batra | 10 | 86 | 176 | 34 | |
Sanhedrin | 11 | 71 | 113 | 57 | |
Makkot | 3 | 34 | 24 | 9 | |
Shevu'ot | 8 | 62 | 49 | 44 | |
Eduyot | 8 | 74 | N/A | N/A | |
Avodah Zarah | 5 | 50 | 76 | 37 | |
Pirkei Avot | 6 | 108 | N/A | N/A | |
Horayot | 3 | 20 | 14 | 19 | |
Seder Kodashim 11 masechtot |
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 (Mishnayos) | N/A | |
Kinnim | 3 | 15 | 4 (Mishnayos) | N/A | |
Seder Tohorot 12 masechtot |
126 | 1,003 | 72 | 13 | |
Keilim | 30 | 253 | 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 | 13 | |
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 | 1,554 |
Masechtot Shekalim, Middot and Kinnim are printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud despite there not being Babylonian Talmud gemara.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Birnbaum, Philip (1975). "Tractates". A Book of Jewish Concepts. New York, NY: Hebrew Publishing Company. p. 373-374. ISBN 088482876X.
- ^ Steinsaltz, Adin (2009). "What is the Talmud?". The Essential Talmud (30th anniversary ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780786735419.
- ^ "Talmud Bavli". sefaria.org. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Jerusalem Talmud". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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