Tractates of the Talmud

Seder Zeraim

Berachot:
Blessings & Prayers (Liturgical rules).
Peah:
Corners of fields and gleanings left for the poor.
Demai:
Produce bought from a person whose tithings are suspect.
Kilayim:
Forbidden mixtures of plants, animals, and clothing.
Sheviit:
The Sabbatical Year.
Terumot:
Produce set aside as gifts for the Kohanim.
Ma’aserot:
Tithes given to the Levites.
Ma’aser Sheni:
Tithes eaten in Yerushalayim.
Challah:
The portion of dough given to the Kohanim.
Orlah:
Forbidden fruits of trees during the first four years after planting.
Bikkurim:
First fruits brought to the Beit Hamikdash.

Seder Moed

Shabbath:
Sabbath observance: The 39 forbidden labors of the Sabbath.
Eruvin:
Rabbinical decrees regarding the Sabbath (Extension of Sabbath boundaries).
Pesachim:
Observance of the Pesach / Passover festival & the Paschal lamb.
Shekalim:
The annual half-shekel head tax paid to the Beit Hamikdash.
Yoma:
Observance of Yom Kippur.
Succah:
Observance of Sukkot.
Beitzah:
The Rabbinical decrees regarding the Festivals.
Rosh Hashana:
Observance of Rosh Hashana.
Taanit:
Public Fast Days.
Megillah:
Reading Megillat Esther on Purim.
Moed Katan:
The Intermediate days of Pesach / Passover & Sukkot.
Chagigah:
Sacrificial offerings during the three Pilgrimage Festivals.

Seder Nashim

Yevamot:
Levirate Marriage, Chalitzah, Agunot.
Ketubot:
Marriage contracts, and financial obligations, The mutual rights and duties of husband & wife.
Nedarim:
The making & annulment of vows and oaths.
Nazir:
The Nazirite vows.
Sotah:
The suspected adultress.
Gittin:
Laws of divorce and the annulment of marriage.
Kiddushin:
Laws of marriage (betrothals).

Seder Nezikin

Bava Kamma:
Damage to person & property, loans and interest, stolen goods.
Bava Metzia:
Lost & found property, embezzlement, fraud, usury, sales, rentals, rights of hired laborers.
Bava Batra:
Real estate, possessions, inheritance, partnership, evidence, testimony.
Sanhedrin:
The Judiciary, judicial procedure, capital punishment.
Makkot:
False witnesses, exile (cities of refuge), corporal punishment.
Shevuot:
Oaths, private or court administered.
Eduyyot:
Testimonies.
Avodah Zarah:
Idolatry and superstitions.
Avot:
Ethics of the Fathers.
Horayot:
Erroneous judicial rulings.

Seder Kodashim

Zevachim:
Animal & bird sacrifices in the Beit Hamikdash.
Menachot:
Flour offerings, wine libations.
Chullin:
Laws of non-sacred animal slaughter & dietary laws.
Bechorot:
Firstborns - human and animal.
Arachin:
Valuation & consecration of personal worth to the Beit Hamikdash.
Temurah:
Exchange of sanctified things.
Keritot:
Spiritual excision and sin-offerings.
Me’ila:
Trespass (sacreligious treatment) of Beit Hamikdash property.
Tamid:
Daily morning & evening sacrifice.
Middot:
Beit Hamikdash architecture.
Kinnim:
Birds (nests) offerings.

Seder Tohorot

Kelim:
Ritual uncleanness of utensils and garments.
Oholot:
The defilement caused by a corpse to houses.
Negaim:
The complex laws of Tzaraat.
Parah:
Regulations concerning the red heifer.
Tohorot:
Lesser degrees of uncleanliness lasting until sunset.
Mikvaot:
Ritual baths and immersion.
Niddah:
The laws of family purity.
Machshirin:
Liquids and foods that are susceptible to ritual uncleanness.
Zavim:
Secretions which render a person unclean.
Tevul Yom:
Cleanness acquired at sunset after daytime immersion.
Yadayim:
The defilement of the hands and their purification.
Uktzin:
Fruits and plants susceptible to uncleanness.