Book from the collection of the Przypkowski Museum in Jędrzejów. Hebrew print, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1912, 572 pages. The copy was purchased in 1972 from Piotr Chrzanowski of Jędrzejów.
Original title:
מםכת שבועות מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Shevuot Min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Shevuot of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: "ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ. Трактатъ Шевуосъ. 1912."
The tractate Shevuot (Oaths) is the sixth tractate of Nezikin (Damages), the fourth order of the Mishnah. The tractate consists of eight chapters, which discuss the laws and principles regarding oaths, particularly those taken in court.
The Talmud is a collection of religious, doctrinal, and legal teachings of Judaism. It includes commentaries on the Bible, rabbinic discussions, moral guidance, parables, and folklore. It is the second most important book in Judaism after the Hebrew Bible, and its study remains an obligation for every Orthodox Jew. The Talmud consists of two main parts: the Mishnah and the Gemara. The Mishnah is the primary and oldest part, containing the legal norms of Judaism (Hebr.: halacha) finally edited in the 2nd century CE in Hebrew by Yehuda ha-Nasi. The Mishnah consists of six major sections called "Orders": 1. Zeraim (Seeds), 2. Moed (Festival), 3. Nashim (Women), 4. Nezikin (Damages), 5. Kodashim (Holy things), 6. Tohorot (Purities). The Orders are divided into 63 tractates, which are further divided into chapters and paragraphs. The teachings of subsequent generations of rabbis, which expand and explain the content of the Mishnah, make up the second part known as the Gemara, written in Aramaic.
The Gemara was developed in two Jewish centers, in Palestine and Babylon, resulting in two Talmuds. The Palestinian version, known as the Jerusalem Talmud (or Palestinian Talmud), was edited in the 4th century CE The Babylonian version, known as the Babylonian Talmud, was completed around 500 CE The Jerusalem Talmud consists of 39 tractates, while the much larger Babylonian Talmud contains 37 tractates. The first complete printed edition of the Babylonian Talmud was published in Venice in 1520-1523. Since then, both works, along with additional commentaries, have been repeatedly published, reissued, edited, and translated.
