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
editEvery 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 Talmud Bavli has had a standardized page count for over 100 years based on the Vilna edition, the standard page count of the Yerushalmi found in most modern scholarly literature is based on the first printed edition (Venice 1523) which uses folio (#) and column number (a,b,c,and d; eg. Berachot 2d would be folio page 2, column 4). A modern alternative page count and numbering system has existed for the Yerushalmi for about 10 years since Oz Vehadar put out a new standardized edition, and it is used in the table which follows.[4]
| Masekhet | Chapters | Mishnahs | Pages of Gemara Talmud Bavli |
Pages of Gemara Yerushalmi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seder Zeraim 11 masechtot |
75 | 655 | 63 | 744 | |
| Berakhot | 9 | 57 | 64 | 94 | |
| Pe'ah | 8 | 69 | — | 73 | |
| Demai | 7 | 53 | — | 77 | |
| Kil'ayim | 9 | 77 | — | 84 | |
| Shevi'it | 10 | 89 | — | 87 | |
| Terumot | 11 | 101 | — | 107 | |
| Ma'aserot | 5 | 40 | — | 46 | |
| Ma'aser Sheni | 5 | 57 | — | 59 | |
| Challah | 4 | 38 | — | 49 | |
| Orlah | 3 | 35 | — | 42 | |
| Bikkurim | 4 | 39 | — | 26 | |
| Seder Moed 12 masechtot |
88 | 681 | 731 | 620 | |
| Shabbat | 24 | 139 | 157 | 113 | |
| Eruvin | 10 | 96 | 105 | 71 | |
| Pesachim | 10 | 89 | 121 | 86 | |
| Shekalim | 8 | 52 | 22 (Talmud Yerushalmi) | 61 | |
| Yoma | 8 | 61 | 88 | 57 | |
| Sukkah | 5 | 53 | 56 | 33 | |
| Beitza | 5 | 42 | 40 | 49 | |
| Rosh Hashanah | 4 | 35 | 35 | 27 | |
| Ta'anit | 4 | 34 | 31 | 31 | |
| Megillah | 4 | 33 | 32 | 41 | |
| Mo'ed Katan | 3 | 24 | 29 | 23 | |
| Chagigah | 3 | 23 | 27 | 28 | |
| Seder Nashim 7 masechtot |
71 | 578 | 605 | 418 | |
| Yevamot | 16 | 128 | 122 | 88 | |
| Ketubot | 13 | 111 | 112 | 77 | |
| Nedarim | 11 | 90 | 91 | 42 | |
| Nazir | 9 | 60 | 66 | 53 | |
| Sotah | 9 | 67 | 49 | 52 | |
| Gittin | 9 | 75 | 90 | 53 | |
| Kiddushin | 4 | 47 | 82 | 53 | |
| Seder Nezikin 10 masechtot |
74 | 685 | 682 | 301 | |
| Bava Kamma | 10 | 79 | 119 | 40 | |
| Bava Metzia | 10 | 101 | 119 | 35 | |
| Bava Batra | 10 | 86 | 176 | 39 | |
| Sanhedrin | 11 | 71 | 113 | 75 | |
| Makkot | 3 | 34 | 24 | 11 | |
| Shevu'ot | 8 | 62 | 49 | 49 | |
| Eduyot | 8 | 74 | — | — | |
| Avodah Zarah | 5 | 50 | 76 | 34 | |
| Pirkei Avot | 6 | 108 | — | — | |
| Horayot | 3 | 20 | 14 | 18 | |
| Seder Kodashim 11 masechtot |
91 | 590 | 558 | — | |
| Zevahim | 14 | 101 | 120 | — | |
| Menachot | 13 | 93 | 110 | — | |
| Chullin | 12 | 74 | 142 | — | |
| Bekhorot | 9 | 73 | 61 | — | |
| Arachin | 9 | 50 | 34 | — | |
| Temurah | 7 | 35 | 34 | — | |
| Keritot | 6 | 43 | 28 | — | |
| Me'ilah | 6 | 38 | 22 | — | |
| Tamid | 7 | 34 | 8 | — | |
| Middot | 5 | 34 | 3 (Mishnayos) | — | |
| Kinnim | 3 | 15 | 4 (Mishnayos) | — | |
| Seder Tohorot 12 masechtot |
126 | 1,003 | 72 | 11 | |
| Keilim | 30 | 254 | — | — | |
| Oholot | 18 | 134 | — | — | |
| Nega'im | 14 | 115 | — | — | |
| Parah | 12 | 96 | — | — | |
| Tohorot | 10 | 92 | — | — | |
| Mikva'ot | 10 | 71 | — | — | |
| Niddah | 10 | 79 | 73 | 11 | |
| Makhshirin | 6 | 54 | — | — | |
| Zavim | 5 | 32 | — | — | |
| Tevul Yom | 4 | 26 | — | — | |
| Yadayim | 4 | 22 | — | — | |
| Uktzim | 3 | 28 | — | — | |
| 63 masechtot | 525 | 4,192 | 2,711 | 2,094 | |
Masechtot Shekalim, Middot and Kinnim are printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud despite there not being Babylonian Talmud gemara.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Laughing Last". 12 September 2011.