The 63 Tractates of Shas - part I
The laws transmitted orally from Sinai were organized by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi into six orders containing 63 tractates, called “mesechtos” in Hebrew.
The laws transmitted orally from Sinai were organized by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi into six orders containing 63 tractates, called “mesechtos” in Hebrew. (“Shas” is an acronym for “Shisha Sedarim”—the Six Orders.) These are:
I. Seder Zeraim (The Order of Seeds)—laws of agriculture
1. Brachos*—blessings and prayers
2. Peah—the corner of a field
3. Demai—doubtfully-tithed produce
4. Kilayim—forbidden mixtures
5. Sheviis—the Sabbatical year
6. Terumah—the portion given to the kohein
7. Maaseros—tithes
8. Maaser Sheini—the second tithe
9. Challah—the portion of dough
10. Orlah—the fruit of the first three years
11. Bikkurim—first fruits
II. Seder Moed (The Order of Festivals)—laws of Sabbath and holidays
12. Shabbos*—the Sabbath
13. Eiruvin*—carrying and travel on Shabbos
14. Pesachim*—Passover
15. Shekalim—the half-shekel coin
16. Yoma*—Yom Kippur, the day of atonement
17. Succah*—Succos, the feast of Tabernacles
18. Beitza*—Yom Tov
19. Rosh Hashana*—the Jewish new year
20. Taanis*—fasts
21. Megillah*—Purim
22. Moed Katan*—chol hamoed, the intermediate days of a Festival
23. Chagigah*—the pilgrimage
III. Seder Nashim (The Order of Women)—laws of marital relationships
24. Yevamos*—levirate marriage
25. Kesubos*—marriage contracts
26. Nedarim*—vows
27. Nazir*—the nazirite
28. Sotah*—the suspected wife
29. Gittin*—divorce
30. Kiddushin*—marriages
Continued...
*37 of these mesechtos have gemaras in the Babylonian Talmud. These are marked with an asterisk above