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masekhet (Hebrew: מַסֶּכֶת, Sephardic: /mɑːˈsɛxɛt/, Ashke****c: /mɑːˈsɛxɛs/;
plural masekhtot מַסֶּכְתּוֹת) is an
organizational element of Talmudic...
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source of
Jewish religious law (halakha) and
Jewish theology.
Every printed masekhet (tractate) of
Talmud Bavli begins on page 2 (with the
exception of Middot...
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Masekhet Megillah (Hebrew: מסכת מגילה, lit. 'Tractate Scroll') is a
tractate in
Seder Moed of the
Babylonian and
Jerusalem Talmuds. It
deals with laws...
- בעלמא דאתי
Hadran alakh Masekhet _____ ve-hadrakh alan da'atan
alakh Masekhet _____ ve-da'atekh alan lo
nitnashi minekh Masekhet _____ ve-lo
titnashi minan...
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subject matter are
divided into 60 or 63
tractates (masekhtot; singular:
masekhet) of more
focused subject compilations,
though not all
tractates have Gemara...
- (Sulzbach, 1705), and then in
cadenced prose by W.
Meisel (Budapest, 1878).
Masekhet Purim ("Tractate of Purim"), a
Purim Torah, a
parody intended to be read...
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Masekhet Soferim (Hebrew: מסכת סופרים), the "Tractate of the Scribes", is a non-canonical
Talmudic tractate dealing especially with the
rules relating...
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Niddah (Hebrew: נִדָּה) is a
masekhet or
tractate of the
Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the
order of Tohorot. The
content of the
tractate primarily...
- work
dealing formally and
systematically with a subject, may
refer to:
Masekhet, an
organizational element of
Talmudic literature Minor tractate, a group...
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commentary on each Mishnah, as well as
introductions to each
tractate (
Masekhet) and
order (Seder). This
commentary tends to
focus on the
meaning of the...
