The Mishnah, oral teachings of Judaism
By: Selected and translated by Eugene J. Lipman
Series: The B'nai B'rith Jewish heritage classics; UNESCO collection of representative works: Israel series
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; heb
Number of pages: 318
Work titles: Mishnah Selections English
Notes: Originally published in 1970 by Norton, New York.
Table of contents: title: The first order: zera'm (seeds: the laws of agriculture).; title: Introduction --; title: Berakhot (blessings) --; title: Pe'ah (edge of the field) --; title: Demai (doubtful crops) --; title: Kila'yim (diverse kinds) --; title: Shevi'it (the seventh year) --; title: Terumot (heave-offerings) --; title: Ma'aserot (tithes) --; title: Ma'aser sheni (second tithes) --; title: Hallah (dough offering) --; title: Orlah (fruit of the trees) --; title: Bikkurim (first fruits) -- -- The second order: mo'ed (festivals).; title: Shabbat (Sabbath) --; title: Eruvin (Sabbath travel regulations) --; title: Pesahim (Passover) --; title: Shekalim (temple taxes) --; title: Yoma (the day of atonement) --; title: Sukkah (booth) --; title: Betzah (an egg) --; title: Rosh Hashanah (New Year observance) --; title: Ta'anit (fast days) --; title: Megillah (the scroll of Esther) --; title: Mo'ed Katan (mid-festival days) --; title: Hagigah (festival sacrifice) -- -- The third order: nashim (women).; title: Yevamot (sisters-in-law) --; title: Ketuvot (marriage contracts) --; title: Nedarim (vows) --; title: Nazir (the Nazirite-vow) --; title: Sotah (the suspected adulteress) --; title: Gittin (divorces) --; title: Kiddushin (marriage) -- -- The fourth order: nezikin (civil and criminal law).; title: Bava kama (the first gate) --; title: Bava metzi'a (the middle gate) --; title: Bava batra (the last gate) --; title: Sanhedrin (the high country) --; title: Makkot (punishment by flogging) --; title: Shevu'ot (oaths) --; title: Eduyot (testimonies) --; title: Avodah zarah (idolatry) --; title: Horayot (erroneous decisions) -- -- The fifth order: kodashim (sacred things).; title: Zevahim (animal sacrifices) --; title: Menahot (flour offerings) --; title: Hullin (unconsecrated animals) --; title: Bekhorot (first-born) --; title: Arakhin (evaluations) --; title: Temurah (exchanges of sacrificial cattle) --; title: Keritot (divine punishment) --; title: Me'ilah (inadvertent sacrilege) --; title: Tamid (daily sacrifice) --; title: Middot (measurements) --; title: Kinnim (bird offerings) -- -- The sixth order: tohorot (ritual purity).; title: Kelim (vessels) --; title: Oholot (tents) --; title: Nega'im (leprosy) --; title: Parah (the red cow) --; title: Tohorot (cleanliness) --; title: Mikva'ot (ritual baths) --; title: Niddah (the menstruating woman) --; title: Makshirin (prerequisites for non-kashrut) --; title: Zavim (bodily discharges in illness) --; title: Tevul yom (post-immersion uncleanliness) --; title: Yadaim (uncleanliness of hands) --; title: Uktzin (stalks and ritual uncleanliness).