Tosefta
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Seder Zeraim(Agriculture)
Berakhot
Blessings and prayers, focusing on Shema and the Amidah.
Peah
Leaving crops in the corner of a field for the poor to take and other agricultural gifts to the poor.
Demai
Produce from one who is suspected to have neglected tithing and the requirement to tithe it.
Terumot
Required donations of agricultural produce to priestly households and its sacred status.
Sheviit
The seventh year of the agricultural cycle, when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven.
Kilayim
Prohibited mixtures of certain seeds, plants, animals, or materials of clothing.
Maasrot
Separating tithes for priests, Levites, the poor, and for consumption in Jerusalem.
Maaser Sheni
A tithe eaten in Jerusalem or exchanged for money to be used for purchasing food there.
Orlah
Fruit growing on a tree in its first three years, when benefitting from the fruit is prohibited.
Challah
Dough separated when baking bread and given to priests.
Bikkurim
First fruits and grains ceremoniously brought to the Temple and given to a priest next to the altar.
Seder Moed(Holidays)
Shabbat
Creative work prohibited on Shabbat and other laws that preserve the sanctity of the day.
Eruvin
Enclosures that legally expand the areas in which one can carry and travel on Shabbat.
bbat.
Pesachim
Passover: ridding of chametz, the Paschal lamb offering, matzah, and the Seder.
Shekalim
Annual half-shekel donations to the Temple, administration and inventory of the Temple.
Yoma
Yom Kippur: the High Priest’s preparation, the Temple service, the fast, and repentance.
Sukkah
The structure of and obligation to dwell in the sukkah, the four species, and celebrating the holiday in the Temple.
Beitzah
Holiday laws governing which objects can be used, how food is prepared, and what labor is permitted.
Rosh Hashanah
The declaration process for a new month in the Temple period, blowing the shofar, and Rosh Hashanah liturgy.
Taanit
Praying for rain, fasting in times of drought, and annual fast days marking Jerusalem’s destruction.
Megillah
Reading the scroll of Esther on Purim, synagogue rituals, and treatment of sacred objects.
Moed Katan
Laws of Chol HaMoed (the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot).
Chagigah
Sacrifices offered on pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Festivals and laws of ritual purity.
Seder Nashim(Family law)
Yevamot
The mandated marriage of a widow to the brother of her childless husband and the alternative rite discharging that obligation.
Ketubot
The marital contract (Ketubah) and obligations between husband and wife.
Nedarim
Vows taken voluntarily, particularly those which forbid specific actions or objects.
Nazir
The Nazarite, or one who vows abstinence from wine, haircuts, and ritual impurity generated from contact with corpses.
Sotah
A woman suspected of adultery, the ritual determining her culpability, and other rituals involving recitation.
Gittin
Laws relating to divorce, focusing on the get (bill of divorce) and its delivery.
Kiddushin
Betrothal, marriage, acquisitions, and lineage.
Seder Nezikin(Damages)
Bava Kamma
Liability and compensation for damages inflicted on people or property.
Bava Metzia
Disputed property, returning lost objects, guarding, renting, borrowing, and responsibilities of workers and employers.
Bava Batra
Relationships between neighbors, land ownership, sales, and inheritance.
Commentary
Brief Commentary
Terse commentary included in the printed volumes of the Tosefta text.
Masoret HaTosefta
References to parallel passages in rabbinic literature and citations of biblical verses quoted in the Tosefta.
Tosefta Kifshutah
Extensive commentary combining philological and historical research with analysis of the parts of rabbinic literature relevant to a given Tosefta passage.
Variants
Textual variants based on the Erfurt manuscript, Genizah fragments, an early printed edition of the Tosefta, and quotations of the Tosefta in commentaries of Rishonim.
About Lieberman Edition
The Lieberman edition of the Tosefta is an edition by Professor Shaul Lieberman, originally published in 1955. It includes the text of the Tosefta according to the Vienna codex (generally considered the most reliable manuscript), textual variants, references to parallel passages in talmudic literature, and both brief and elaborative commentaries.
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