List of Talmudic tractates

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

Every 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.

References

^ 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.

[1] Birnbaum, Philip (1975). "Tractates". A Book of Jewish Concepts. New York, NY: Hebrew Publishing Company. p. 373-374. ISBN 088482876X.

[Steinsaltz-2] Steinsaltz, Adin (2009). "What is the Talmud?". The Essential Talmud (30th anniversary ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780786735419.

[3] "Talmud Bavli". sefaria.org. Retrieved October 25, 2019.

[4] "Laughing Last". 12 September 2011.

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