Book from the collection of the Przypkowski Museum in Jędrzejów. Hebrew print. Composite volume containing five works. The copy was purchased from Władysław Ciechanowicz of Kielce.
1. First work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Bechorot, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1892, 182 pages.
Original title:
מםכת בכורות מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Bechorot min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Bechorot of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ ТАЛМУДЪ Бехоротъ. О Первенцахъ. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1889. безъ измѣненій. ВИЛЬНА. 1892.
Bechorot (Firstborn) is the fourth tractate of Kodashim (Holy Things), the fifth order of the Mishnah. It contains nine chapters that discuss the laws of primogeniture in relation to sons and to animals.
2. Second work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Arachin, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1892, 88 pages.
Original title:
מםכת ערכין מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Arakhin min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Arakhin of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ ТАЛМУДЪ. Ерехинъ. Объ оцѣнкѣ предметовъ, посвящаемыхъ храму. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1885 г. безъ перенмѣнъ. 1892.
Arakhin (Values) is the fifth tractate of Kodashim (Holy Things), the fifth order of the Mishnah. The Tractate consists of eight chapters, which discuss the laws contained in Leviticus 27-29.
3. Third work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Temura, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1886, 80 pages.
Original title:
מםכת תמורה מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Temurah min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Temurah of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ Tomъ XXIV. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1885 г.
Temurah (Permutation) is the sixth tractate of Kodashim (Holy Things), the fifth order of the Mishnah. The tractate consists of seven chapters, the focus of which is the biblical prohibition (Leviticus 27:10) against exchanging an animal that had been sanctified for the Jerusalem Temple for another unsanctified animal.
4. Fourth work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Keritot, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1888, 78 pages.
Original title:
מםכת כריתות מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Keritot min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Keritot of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ Tomъ XXIV. Oтд. II. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1885 г.
Keritot (Extirpations) is the seventh tractate of Kodashim (Holy Things), the fifth order of the Mishnah. The tractate consists of six chapters that discuss the principles of making propitiatory offerings for sins committed.
5. Piąte dzieło: Talmud babiloński. Tractate Me’ila, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1885, 106 pages.
Original title:
מםכת מעילה מן תלמוד בבלי
[Masechet Me’ilah min Talmud Bavli].
Tractate Me’ilah of the Babylonian Talmud.
Publisher's imprint in Russian: ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ Tomъ XXIV. Oтд. III. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1886 г.
Me'ilah (Sacrilege) is the eighth tractate of Kodashim (Holy Things), the fifth order of the Mishnah. The tractate consists of six chapters, which mainly discuss the biblical provisions of the law on sin offerings and atonement.
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.