Minor tractate

Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The minor tractates (Hebrew: מסכתות קטנות, masechtot qetanot ) are essays from the Tannaitic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah . They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah . The first eight or so contain much original material; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud. The Minor Tractates are normally printed at the end of Seder Nezikin in the Talmud . They include: Avot of Rabbi Natan . The Schechter edition contains two different versions (version A has 41 chapters and version B has 48). This tractate appears in two different versions in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. This tractate is about laws and customs pertaining to death and mourning, and is sometimes euphemistically called Semakhot ("joys"). Kallah (on engagement, marriage and co-habitation). Kallah Rabbati (an elaboration of the above). "Derekh Eretz" literally means "the way of the world," which in this context refers to deportment, manners and behavior. Addressed to scholars, this is a collection of maxims urging self examination and modesty. Pereq ha-Shalom (on the ways of peace between people; a final chapter to the above often listed separately). Sefer Torah (regulations for writing Torah scrolls ). Mezuzah (scroll affixed to the doorpost). Gerim ( conversion to Judaism ). There is also a lost tractate called "Eretz Yisrael" (The Land of Israel, about laws of that land.) v t e

Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The minor tractates ( Hebrew : מסכתות קטנות, masechtot qetanot ) are essays from the Tannaitic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah . They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah . The first eight or so contain much original material; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud. The Minor Tractates are normally printed at the end of Seder Nezikin in the Talmud . They include: Avot of Rabbi Natan (Hebrew: אבות דרבי נתן). The Schechter edition contains two different versions (version A has 41 chapters and version B has 48). This tractate appears in two different versions in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. Evel Rabbati (Hebrew: אבל רבתי – Elaboration on Mourning). This tractate is about laws and customs pertaining to death and mourning, and is sometimes euphemistically called Semahot ("joys"). Kallah (Hebrew: כלה – Bride) (on engagement, marriage and co-habitation). Kallah Rabbati (Hebrew: כלה רבתי – an elaboration of the above). Derekh Eretz Rabbah (Hebrew: דרך ארץ רבה) "Derekh Eretz" literally means "the way of the world," which in this context refers to deportment, manners and behavior. Derekh Eretz Zuta (Hebrew: דרך ארץ זוטא) Addressed to scholars, this is a collection of maxims urging self-examination and modesty. Pereq ha-Shalom (Hebrew: פרק השלום – Chapter of Peace) (on the ways of peace between people; a final chapter to the above often listed separately). Sefer Torah (regulations for writing Torah scrolls ). Mezuzah (Hebrew: מזוזה – scroll affixed to the doorpost). Gerim (Hebrew: גרים – conversion to Judaism ). There is also a lost tractate called "Eretz Yisrael" (The Land of Israel, about laws of that land.) v t e

Tractates covering topics of halakhah not covered by the Mishnah Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The minor tractates ( Hebrew : מסכתות קטנות, masechtot qetanot ) are essays from the Talmudic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah . They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah . Each minor tractate contains all the important material bearing on a single subject. While they are mishnaic in form and are called "tractates," the topics discussed in them are arranged more systematically than in the Mishnah; for they are eminently practical in purpose, being, in a certain sense, the first manuals in which the data scattered through prolix sources have been collected in a brief and comprehensive form. The first eight or so contain much original material; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud. Ancient authorities mention especially seven such tractates, which are doubtless the earliest ones. Their name and form suggests that they originated in the period of oral tradition which was dominated by the Talmud and the Midrash , so that these treatises are doubtless of great antiquity, some of them having been compiled in their main outlines before even the final redaction of the Talmud in the 6th century. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. : Unknown parameter |authors= ignored ( help )

Tractates covering topics of halakhah not covered by the Mishnah Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e The minor tractates ( Hebrew : מסכתות קטנות , masechtot qetanot ) are essays from the Talmudic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah . They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah . Each minor tractate contains all the important material bearing on a single subject. While they are mishnaic in form and are called "tractates," the topics discussed in them are arranged more systematically than in the Mishnah; for they are eminently practical in purpose, being, in a certain sense, the first manuals in which the data scattered through prolix sources have been collected in a brief and comprehensive form. There are about 15 minor tractates. The first eight or so contain much original material; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud. Ancient authorities mention especially seven such tractates, which are doubtless the earliest ones. Their name and form suggests that they originated in the period of oral tradition which was dominated by the Talmud and the Midrash , so that these treatises are doubtless of great antiquity, some of them having been compiled in their main outlines before even the final redaction of the Talmud in the 6th century. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Wilhelm Bacher ; Ludwig Blau (1901–1906). In Singer, Isidore ; et al.