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Zera’im (Seeds):
- Berachot: laws of blessings and prayers
- Pe’ah: laws concerning the mitzvah of leaving the corner of one’s field for the poor as well as the rights of the poor in general [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Demai: laws concerning the various cases in which it is not certain whether the Priestly donations have been taken from the produce [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Kil’ayim: laws concerning the forbidden mixtrues in agriculture, clothing, and breeding of animals [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Shevi’it: laws concerning with the agricultural and fiscal regulations concerning the Sabbatical Year [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Terumot: laws concerning with the terumah donation given to the Priests [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Ma’asrot: laws concerning the tithe to be given to the Levites [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Ma’aser Sheni: laws concerning the tithes that is to be eaten in Jerusalem [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Challah: laws concerning the offering of dough to be given to the Priests [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Orlah: laws concerning the prohibition of the immediate use of a tree after it is planted [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
- Bikurim: laws concerning the first fruit gifts to the Priests and the Temple [Dr. Joseph Kulp: License: CC-BY]
Moed (Appointed Season):
- Shabbat: laws concerning the 39 prohibitions of work on Shabbat
- Eruvin: laws concerning the Eruv (Shabbat boundaries) concerning public and private domains
- Pesachim: laws concerning Pesach and the paschal sacrifice
- Shekalim: laws concerning the collection of the half-shekel and the expenses and expenditures of the Temple
- Yoma: laws concerning the mitzvot of Yom Kippur (primarily the ceremony of the Kohen Gadol)
- Sukkah: laws concerning the mitzvot of Sukkot as well as the sukkah and the four species
- Beitzah: laws concerning the mitzvot on Yomim Tovim (holidays)
- Rosh Hashannah: laws concerning the regulation of the calendar by the new moon and the services of the festival of Rosh Hashannah
- Taanit: laws concerning the special fast days in times of drought and other occurences
- Megillah: laws concerning the mitzvot of reading Megillah Esther on Purim as well as other passages from the Torah and Nevi’im
- Moed Katan: laws concerning the Chol HaMoed (intermediate festival days) of Pesach and Sukkot
- Chagigah: laws concerning the Three Pilgrimage Festival (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot) and the pilgrimage offerings that are to be brought to Jerusalem
Nashim (Women):
- Yevamot: laws concerning the duty of a man to marry his deceased brother’s childless widow, prohibited marriages, halizah, and the right of a minor to have her marriage annulled
- Ketubot: laws concerning the settlement made upon the bride, fines paid for seduction, mutual obligations of the husband and wife, and the rights of the widow and stepchild
- Nedarim: laws concerning the various forms of vows, invalid vows, renunciation of vows, and the power of annulling vows made by a wife or daughter
- Nazir: laws concerning a Nazirite’s vow, renunciation of a Nazirite vow, enumeration of what is forbidden to a Nazirite, and the Nazirite vows of women and slaves
- Sotah: laws concerning the rules and rituals imposed upon a woman suspected by her husband of adultery, religious formulas made in Hebrew or other languages, seven types of Pharisees, reforms of John Hyrcanus, and the civil war between Aristobulus and Hyrcanus
- Gittin: laws concerning various circumstances of delivering a get (bill of divorce)
- Kiddushin: laws of the rites connected to betrothal and marriage, the legal acquisition of slaves, chattels and real estate, and the principles of morality
Nezikin (Damage):
- Bava Kamma: laws concerning civil matters (damages and compensation)
- Bava Metzia: laws concerning civil matters (torts and property)
- Bava Batra: laws concerning civil matters (land ownership)
- Sanhedrin: laws concerning the rules of court proceedings in the Sanhedrin, the death penalty, and other criminal matters
- Makkot: laws concerning deals with collusive witnesses, cities of refuge, and the punishment of lashes
- Shevuot: laws concerning the oaths and their consequences
- Eduyot: case studies of legal disputes in Mishnaic times and the miscellaneous testimonies illustrating various sages and principles of halakhah
- Avodah Zarah: laws concerning interactions between Jews and idolators
- Avot: collection of the sages’ favorite ethical maxims
- Horayot: laws concerning the communal sin-offering brought for major errors by the Sanhedrin
Kodashim (Holy Things):
- Zevachim: laws concerning animal and bird sacrifices
- Menachot: laws concerning grain-based offerings
- Chullin: laws concerning slaughter and meat consumption
- Bechorot: laws concerning the sanctification and redemption of the firstborn animal and firstborn human
- Erachin: laws concerning dedicating a person’s value or a field to the Temple
- Temurah: laws concerning the substitution for an animal dedicated for a sacrifice
- Kereitot: laws concerning the penalty of karet and sacrifices associated with their unwitting transgression
- Me’ila: laws concerning restitution for the misappropriation of Temple property
- Tamid: laws concerning the Tamid sacrifice
- Middot: laws concerning the measurements of the second Temple
- Kinnim: laws concerning the complex laws of the mixing of bird offerings
Tohorot (Purities):
- Kelim: laws concerning various utensils and their purity
- Oholot: laws concerning the uncleanness of a corpse and objects around the corpse
- Negaim: laws concerning the laws of tzaraath
- Parah: laws concerning the Red Heifer
- Tohorot: laws concerning purity (especially contracting impurity and the impurity of food)
- Mikavot: laws concerning the mikvah
- Niddah: laws concerning the niddah (woman during her menstrual cycle or shortly after giving birth)
- Machshirin: laws concerning liquids that make food susceptible to ritual impurity
- Zavim: laws concerning a person who has seminal emissions
- Tevul Yom: laws concerning a special kind of impurity where a person immerses in a mikvah but remains unclean for the remainder of the day
- Yadayim: laws concerning impurity related to the hands
- Uktzin: laws concerning the impurity of the stalks of fruit