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Megillah (Talmud)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tenth tractate of mishnah in the order moed”. Today it says “tractate in seder moed of the babylonian and jerusalem talmuds”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Tractate of the Talmud”. It now reads “Tractate of the Talmud Masekhet”.
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Megillah (disambiguation) .1 Megillah ( ) is the tenth Tractate of Mishnah in the Order Moed . It and its Gemara deal with the laws of Purim and offers exegetical understandings to the Book of Esther . It also includes laws concerning the public reading of the Torah and other communal synagogue practices. There is also a segment in the first chapter which details certain miscellaneous laws. A megillah is a finely detailed account or book but the term by itself commonly refers to the Book of Esther.2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tenth tractate of mishnah in the order moed”. Today it says “tractate in seder moed of the babylonian and jerusalem talmuds”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Tractate of the Talmud”. It now reads “Tractate of the Talmud Masekhet”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
tenth tractate of mishnah in the order moed
Now
tractate in seder moed of the babylonian and jerusalem talmuds
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