DIVISIONS AND TRACTATES OF THE MISHNAH, TALMUD, AND TOSEFTA
The following list of all of the divisions and tractates may help to identify citations in this volume for the Mishnah, the Talmud Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Talmud), the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud), and the Tosefta. The citation begins with m. (for Mishnah), y. (for Yerushalmi), b. (for Bavli), or t. (for Tosefta), and is followed by the name or abbreviation of the tractate.
| First Division: Zeraim (“Seeds”) | |
| Berakot (“blessings”) | Ber. |
| Pe’ah (”gleanings”) | |
| Demai (“produce not certainly tithed”) | |
| Kilaim (“diverse kinds”) | Kil. |
| Shebiit (“seventh year”) | Seb. |
| Terumot (“heave offerings”) | Ter. |
| Ma‘aserot (“tithes”) | Ma‘as. |
| Ma‘aser Sheni (“second tithe”) | Ma‘as. S. |
| Ḥallah (“dough offering”) | |
| Orlah (“the fruit of young trees”) | |
| Bikkurim (“first-fruits”) | Bik. |
| Second Division: Mo’ed (“Set Feasts”) | |
| Shabbat (“Sabbath”) | Shabb. |
| Eruvin (“Sabbath limits”) | Eruv. |
| Pesaḥim (“Passover”) | Pesah. |
| Sheqalim (“shekel tax”) | Seqal. |
| Yoma (“Day of Atonement”) | |
| Sukkah (“Tabernacles/Booths”) | Sukk. |
| Yom Tov or Betzah (“festival days”) | |
| Rosh Ha-Shanah (“New Year”) | |
| Ta’anit (“fasts”) | Ta’an. |
| Megillah (“scroll” [of Esther]) | Meg. |
| Mo’ed Qatan (“mid-festival days”) | Mo’ed Qat. |
| Ḥagigah (“festal offering”) | Hag. |
| Third Division: Nashim (“Women”) | |
| Yebamot (“sisters-in-law”) | Yebam. |
| Ketubbot (“marriage deeds”) | Ketub. |
| Nedarim (“vows”) | Ned. |
| Nazir (“Nazirites”) | Naz. |
| Sotah (“adulteress”) | Sot. |
| Cittin (“bills of divorce”) | Git. |
| Qiddushin (“betrothals”) | Qidd. |
| Fourth Division: Nezikin (“Damages”) | |
| Bava Kamma (“first gate”) | B. Kamma |
| Bava Metzia (“second gate”) | B. Metz. |
| Bava Bathra (“last gate”) | B. Bat. |
| Sanhedrin (“the Sanhedrin”) | Sanh. |
| Makkot (“stripes”) | Makk. |
| Shebuot (“oaths”) | Sebu. |
| Eduyot (“testimonies”) | Ed. |
| Avodah Zara (“idolatry”) | Avod. Zar. |
| Avot (“fathers”) | |
| Horayot (“instructions”) | Hor. |
| Fifth Division: Kodashim (“Hallowed Things”) | |
| Zebahim (“animal offerings”) | Zeb. |
| Menahot (“meal offerings”) | Men. |
| Hullin (“animals killed for food”) | Hul. |
| Bekhorot (“firstlings”) | Bek. |
| Arakhin (“vows of valuation”) | Arak. |
| Temurah (“substituted offering”) | Tem. |
| Kerithot (“extirpation”) | Ker. |
| Me‘ilah (“sacrilege”) | Me‘il. |
| Tamid (“daily whole offering”) | |
| Middot (“measurements”) | Midd. |
| Kinnim (“bird offerings”) | |
| Sixth Division: Teharot (“Cleannesses”) | |
| Kelim (“vessels”) | |
| Ohalot (“tents”) | |
| Negaim (“signs of leprosy”) | |
| Parah (“the red heifer”) | |
| Teharot (“cleannesses”) | Tehar. |
| Mikvaot (“pools of immersion”) | |
| Niddah (“the menstruant”) | Nidd. |
| Makshirin (“predisposers”) | Maks. |
| Zabim (“sufferers of flux”) | |
| Tebul Yom (“immersed that day”) | |
| Yadaim (“hands”) | Yad. |
| Uktzin (“stalks”) |