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Babylonian Talmud. Tractates Sukkah and Megillah; Jerusalem Talmud. Tractate Shekalim

Book from the collection of the Przypkowski Museum in Jędrzejów. Hebrew print. Composite volume containing four works. Book heavily damaged, no cover, no title page and missing few pages of text. It was purchased in 1968 from Jadwiga Szartowska of Kielce.

1. First work: incomplete, consists of 90 pages and starts on page 18.

2. Second work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Suka, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1896, 178 pages.

Original title:

מםכת סוכה מן תלמוד בבלי

[Masechet Sukkah min Talmud Bavli].

Tractate Sukkah of the Babylonian Talmud.

Publisher's imprint in Russian: ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ. Трактатъ Ϲукко. Томъ VII. Отдѣдъ II. ВИЛЬНА Типографія Вдовы и братьевъ Роммъ. Жмудскій переулокъ собст. Домъ. 328. 1896.

The Sukkah (Hut) is the sixth tractate of the Moed (Festivals), the second order of the Mishnah. It contains five chapters and concerns the Feast of Tabernacles, formerly known as the Feast of Booths or Sukkot (Hebrew: Sukkot).

3. Third work: Talmud babiloński. Traktat Megila, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1891, 99 pages.

Original title:

מםכת סוכה מן תלמוד בבלי

[Masechet Megillah min Talmud Bavli].

Tractate Megillah of the Babylonian Talmud.

Publisher's imprint in Russian: ТАЛМУДЪ ВАВИЛОНСКІЙ. Трактаты: Моедъ-катанъ. Хагига, Мегила. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1888 г. безъ измѣненій. 1891.

The Megillah (Scroll) is the tenth tractate of the Moed (Festivals), the second order of the Mishnah. It contains four chapters outlining the laws concerning the holiday of Purim and exegetical explanations of the Scroll of Esther, the biblical Book of Esther.

4. Fourth work: Talmud jerozolimski. Traktat Szekalim, ed. Wdowa i Bracia Romm Printing House, Vilnius 1881, 154 pages.

Original title:

מםכת שקלים מן תלמוד ירושלמי

[Masechet Shekalim min Talmud Yerushalmi].

Tractate Shekalim of the Jerusalem Talmud.

Publisher's imprint in Russian: Отдѣлъ Второй. ТАЛМУДЪ ІЕРУСАЛИМСКІЙ. Трактатъ „Шеколимъ”. Съ Виленскаго изданія 1881 года.

The Shekalim (Shekles) is the fourth tractate of the Moed (Festivals), the second order of the Mishnah. It consists of eight chapters, which mainly discuss matters concerning the tithes paid for the upkeep of the Jerusalem Temple. The tractate has a Gemara only in the Jerusalem Talmud, which is often printed in editions of the Babylonian Talmud.

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.

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Przypkowscy Museum in Jędrzejów
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