SUKKAH — (Heb. סֻכָּה), booth erected for the festival of sukkot , in accordance with the biblical commandment Ye shall dwell in booths seven days (Lev. 23:42). The reason for the commandment given in the Bible is that your generations may know that I… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SUKKAH — (Heb. סֻכָּה; booth ), sixth tractate of the order Mo ed in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. It deals, in five chapters, with laws relating to the festival of sukkot (Tabernacles). The festival is sometimes referred to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TALMUD, BABYLONIAN — (Heb. תַּלְמוּד בַּבְלִי), a literary work of monumental proportions (5,894 folio pages in the standard printed editions), which draws upon the totality of the spiritual, intellectual, ethical, historical, and legal traditions produced in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Talmud — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy) … Wikipedia
Middot (Talmud) — Middot (lit. Measurements) is the tenth Mishnahic tractate of the Order of Kodashim. It has no Gemara either in the Jerusalem Talmud or the Babylonian Talmud. The tractate deals with the measurements of the Second Temple in Jerusalem … Wikipedia
Megillah (Talmud) — For other uses, see Megillah (disambiguation). Megillah is the tenth Tractate of Mishnah in the Order Moed. It and its Gemara deal with the laws of Purim and offers exegetical understandings to the Book of Esther. It also includes laws concerning … Wikipedia
Nazir (Talmud) — Nazir (Hebrew: נזיר) is a treatise of the Mishnah and the Tosefta and in both Talmuds, devoted chiefly to a discussion of the laws of the Nazirite laid down in Numbers 6:1 21. In the Tosefta its title is Nezirut ( Nazariteship ). In most of the… … Wikipedia
Mechitza — This mechitza was created for the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston, New Jersey, and features carved glass ornamentation. A mechitza (Hebrew: מחיצה, partition or division, pl.: מחיצות, mechitzot) in Jewish Halakha is a partition, particularly… … Wikipedia
Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… … Wikipedia
Exilarch — An exhibit depicting Exilarch Huna at the Beit Hatefutsot Exilarch (Hebrew: ראש גלות Rosh Galut, Aramaic: ריש גלותא Reish Galuta lit. head of the exile , Greek: Æchmalotarcha) refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community in Babylon… … Wikipedia
