Treatises XXX. Babah Kaman to XLI. Minchoth (synopses)

‏סדר נזיקין‎

OR, DAMAGES; TREATS OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS AND THINGS.

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XXX. TREATISE BABAH KAMAN,
THE FIRST GATE.

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XXXI. TREATISE BABAH MEZIAH,
THE MIDDLE GATE.

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XXXII. TREATISE BABAH BATHRA,
THE LAST GATE.

[The above Treatises contain civil laws. They are called "Gates," because, in the East, justice is administered in the city gates.]

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XXXIII. TREATISE SANHEDRIN.

[Contains ceremonial laws. It also treats of the institution of the municipal and provincial Sanhedrin, and of the great Bethdin, or Sanhedrin at Jerusalem; whence its name.]

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XXXIV. TREATISE MACOOTH.

[Treats of corporeal punishments; also, of false witnesses, and of the involuntary homicide, and the cities of refuge.]

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XXXV. TREATISE SHEBUOTH.

[Contains precepts for the administration of oaths.]

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XXXVI. TREATISE EDIOTH,
TESTIMONIES.

[Is so called because it consists of laws which tried and trustworthy teachers attested to have been adopted by the elder teachers, in Sanhedrin assembled.]

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XXXVII. TREATISE ABODAH ZARAH.

[Contains laws relating to idolatry, heresy, and the enticers or seducers to either.]

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XXXVIII. TREATISE ABOTH,
ETHICS OF THE FATHERS.

[Contains moral precepts, maxims, and apothegms, of the elder, or Mishnic teachings.]

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XXXIX. TREATISE HORIOTH,
PRECEPTS.

[Treats of such errors in judgment committed by the great Sanhedrin as require a sin-offering. Vide Lev. iv. 13–21, and 22–26.]

Which closes the Seder Nezekin.

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‏סדר קדשים‎
CONSECRATED THINGS; CONTAINS
XL. TREATISE ZEBACHIM.

[Having laws relating to sacrifices generally.]

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XLI. TREATISE MINCHOTH,
MEAT-OFFERINGS.

[Containing laws relating to offerings of flour.]

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