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.

See also

References

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