Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah
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Note: As of Mar. 2020 there are at least three very partial English translations at sefaria.org, including the Public Domain CC-0 Sefaria community version. However that version has only two simanim, whereas here, there are many more simanim completed or started. Two sections of YD at that site have publisher translations (license not clear per an admin there): Charity: 247–259, Avelut: 335–403
Ritual Slaughter
[edit]- 1 Who is eligible to perform slaughter – 9 Seifim
- 2 Whether slaughter performed by a non-Jew or a mumar (apostate) is kosher – 17 Seifim
- 3 Slaughter does not require intent – 7 Seifim
- 4 One who slaughters in the name of idolatry or for some other purpose – 23 Seifim
- 5 The one who slaughters for kodashim [Temple sacrifice] and the relevant laws – 7 Seifim
- 6 With what may you slaughter – 9 Seifim
- [[Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah/7|7 One who fixes a knife in a wheel: Is it permitted to
Ritual Slaughter
[edit]- 1 Who is eligible to perform slaughter – 9 Seifim
- 2 Whether slaughter performed by a non-Jew or a mumar (apostate) is kosher – 17 Seifim
- 3 Slaughter does not require intent – 7 Seifim
- 4 One who slaughters in the name of idolatry or for some other purpose – 23 Seifim
- 5 The one who slaughters for kodashim [Temple sacrifice] and the relevant laws – 7 Seifim
- 6 With what may you slaughter – 9 Seifim
- 7 One who fixes a knife in a wheel: Is it permitted to slaughter with it – 7 Seifim
- 8 The length of the knife for shechita – 4 Seifim
- 9 One who shechts with a knife that is white with heat – 14 Seifim
- 10 Other laws of knives – 22 Seifim
- 11 What time may one shecht? The law of shechting into water – 11 Seifim
- 12 Not shechting into a pit – 6 Seifim
- 13 Animals that do not require shechita – 9 Seifim
- 14 The law regarding a fetus in the belly for the mother – 6 Seifim
- 15 That you may not slaughter an animal until it is eight days old – 5 Seifim
- 16 The law regarding (the slaughtering) of an animal and its offspring (on the same day) – 7 Seifim
- 17 The law regarding one who slaughters an animal that is in danger of dying – 5 Seifim
- 18 The law of checking the knife and its flaws – 7 Seifim
- 19 The laws of the blessing of ritual slaughter – 5 Seifim
- 20 The place of slaughter on the neck – 6 Seifim
- 21 The amount of slaughter- (how far must one cut) – 4 Seifim
- 22 With which species must one cut the blood vessels – 4 Seifim
- 23 The laws of “pausing” in slaughter – 14 Seifim
- 24 The laws of “striking”, “hiding”, “lifting up/tipping” and “uprooting” – 12 Seifim
- 25 That one must check the signs (the trachea and esophagus) after one has ritually slaughtered – 7 Seifim
- 26 The law if there is a puncture in the esophagus or the intestines before the ritual slaughter has been completed – 11 Seifim
- 27 That one may not cut a limb from an animal whilst still mefarcheset (post death muscle contractions) – 6 Seifim
The Law Regarding The Covering of the Blood
[edit]Unslaughterable Animals
[edit]- 29 The eight kinds of treifot ("torn" animals) and their mnemonic – 9 Seifim
- 30 The law of a blow to the skull – 17 Seifim
- 31 The law of perforation of the brain or its membrane – 7 Seifim
- 32 The law of a blow to the spinal cord – 23 Seifim
- 33 The law of missing a jaw or wounded gullet – 7 Seifim
- 34 The law of a blow to the larynx – 9 Seifim
- 35 The law of treifot of the lung and its lobes – 7 Seifim
- 36 The law of a needle found in the lung – 4 Seifim
- 37 Laws of Ababuot (pustules) and Sirkhot (adhesions) in lungs – 14 Seifim
- 38 Laws of the lung's appearance – 22 Seifim
- 39 Laws of checking the lung – 11 Seifim
- 40 Laws of treifot of the heart – 6 Seifim
- 41 Laws of treifot of the liver – 9 Seifim
- 42 Laws of treifot of the gall bladder – 6 Seifim
- 43 Laws of treifot of the spleen – 5 Seifim
- 44 Laws of treifot of the kidney – 7 Seifim
- 45 The law if it's missing the placenta – 5 Seifim
- 46 Laws of treifot of the intestines – 7 Seifim
- 47 The law if there are extra intestines – 5 Seifim
- 48 The laws of treifot in the Keibah (abomasum) and Keres (rumen) – 6 Seifim
- 49 Laws of treifot in the Korkeban (craw) – 4 Seifim
- 50 General laws of punctured parts – 4 Seifim
- 51 The law of a needle or thorn found in a beast – 14 Seifim
- 52 The law of a bird that fell in a fire, and an altered appearance of parts – 12 Seifim
- 53 The law of a fracture or trauma in a beast or bird – 7 Seifim
- 54 Laws of treifot in its ribs – 11 Seifim
- 55 Laws of treifot in its legs and its branches – 6 Seifim
- 56 Laws of treifot at the junction of sinews – 5 Seifim
- 57 The law of a beast trampled by an animal – 9 Seifim
- 58 The law of a beast that fell – 6 Seifim
- 59 The law of a beast that got skinned by an animal – 5 Seifim
- 60 The law of a beast that consumed poison – 7 Seifim
Priestly Gifts
[edit]A Limb from a Live Animal
[edit]- 62 Laws of a limb from a live animal – 7 Seifim
Meat that was Unobserved
[edit]- 63 The rule of finding unknown status meat – 5 Seifim
Prohibited Fats
[edit]Blood
[edit]- 65 Vessels which are forbidden because of blood and the laws of the sciatic nerve – 4 Seifim
- 66 Things which are forbidden on account of blood – 14 Seifim
- 67 Several other items forbidden on account of blood – 12 Seifim
- 68 The Laws of skinning/plucking the head and birds – 7 Seifim
Salting
[edit]- 69 Laws of salting and rinsing – 21 Seifim
- 70 The law of salting multiple pieces of meat together – 6 Seifim
- 71 The law of salting the head, hooves and brain – 3 Seifim
- 72 The law of salting the heart and lung – 4 Seifim
- 73 The law of broiling the liver – 6 Seifim
- 74 The spleen is ruled like other meat – 1 Seif
- 75 The law of salting the intestines – 3 Seifim
- 76 The law of meat for broiling – 6 Seifim
- 77 Birds stuffed with unsalted meat – 1 Seif
- 78 The law to not stick dough on unsalted meat – 1 Seif
Domesticated and Undomesticated Kosher Animals
[edit]- 79 Signs of kosher beasts and animals – 14 Seifim
- 80 Laws of a kosher animal – 12 Seifim
Things that Come From a Live Animal
[edit]- 81 Whatever comes from the impure is impure (and things that come from animals that are permitted) – 7 Seifim
Birds
[edit]- 82 Signs of a clean bird – 11 Seifim
Fish
[edit]- 83 Signs of fish and salted fish – 6 Seifim
Insects
[edit]- 84 Creeping things found in water, fruits, flour and cheese – 9 Seifim
- 85 Signs of locusts – 6 Seifim
Eggs
[edit]- 86 Egg indicators and their rules – 5 Seifim
Meat with Milk
[edit]- 87 Which Meat is subject to the rule of milk and meat and what is cooking – 7 Seifim
- 88 Not To Bring Meat Onto The Table Where Cheese Is Eaten – 5 Seifim
- 89 Not To Eat Cheese After Meat – 4 Seifim
- 90 The Laws of the K'chal – 6 Seifim
- 91 The Laws of Meat and Milk That Touch Each Other – 5 Seifim
- 92 The Law If Milk Falls Into A Pot of Meat – 4 Seifim
- 93 Pots that cook meat shall not cook dairy – 3 Seifim
- 94 The law of immersing a dairy spoon into a meat dish – 5 Seifim
- 95 When Fish or Eggs Were Cooked In a Meat Pot, Is It Permitted to Eat Them With Cheese – 4 Seifim
- 96 The Law of Sharp Foods That Were Cut With a Meat Knife – 3 Seifim
- 97 Not to bake bread with dairy ingredients – 5 Seifim
Admixtures
[edit]- 98 The law of a forbidden substance that got mixed with permitted, and how it could be nullified – 7 Seifim
- 99 The law of bones, whether they may be considered to nullify forbidden matter, and forbidden matter cannot be nullified intentionally from the outset – 6 Seifim
- 100 A whole item cannot be nullified even in a thousand parts – 5 Seifim
- 101 The law of a piece that is fit for dignified treatment – 4 Seifim
- 102 Things with the potential to be permitted – 3 Seifim
- 103 The rule of ruined flavors – 5 Seifim
- 104 The law of a mouse that was found in wine or vinegar – 4 Seifim
- 105 The law of a forbidden substance that fell into the permitted – 3 Seifim
- 106 The law of nullification in sixty – 5 Seifim
- 107 The law regarding boiling eggs with something repulsive found in the dish – 4 Seifim
- 108 Not to bake the permitted and the forbidden in one oven – 3 Seifim
- 109 The law of dry food that mixed with dry food – 5 Seifim
- 110 The law of doubtful treifah that occurs in meat – 4 Seifim
- 111 The law of treif utensils that mixed with kosher ones – 3 Seifim
Food of Gentiles
[edit]- 112 Laws regarding bread of Gentiles – 5 Seifim
- 113 Laws regarding cooked foods of Gentiles – 4 Seifim
- 114 Laws of alcohol and other drinks of Gentiles – 3 Seifim
- 115 Laws of Milk, Cheese and Butter – 5 Seifim
- 116 Things forbidden because of danger – 4 Seifim
- 117 Not to deal in forbidden foods – 3 Seifim
- 118 Laws of sealing food and how to send it with a gentile – 5 Seifim
- 119 Regarding untrustworthy individuals – 4 Seifim
The Koshering of Implements
[edit]- 120 Laws of Immersing Vessels – 3 Seifim
- 121 Order of Koshering Items Bought From a Non-Jew – 5 Seifim
That Which Gives Detrimental Taste
[edit]- 122 Laws of Giving A Bad Taste in Vessels – 4 Seifim
Libational Wine
[edit]- 123 Many laws regarding yayin nesekh (and which wine is forbidden due to yayin nesekh) – 3 Seifim
- 124 Who constitutes making yayin nesekh (libational wine), and laws of a gentile touching the vat – 5 Seifim
- 125 The law of wine produced by power of an idolater or derivative of his power – 4 Seifim
- 126 The law of wine mixed with libation wine and the law of flowing connection – 3 Seifim
- 127 Whether a man can be trusted to make his fellow's wine forbidden – 5 Seifim
- 128 The law of a place that has wine where a gentile was secluded there – 4 Seifim
- 129 The law of leaving wine in the possession of a gentile and an Yisrael comes and goes – 3 Seifim
- 130 The law of sealing the wine – 5 Seifim
- 131 The law of kosher wine made in the domain of a gentile – 4 Seifim
- 132 To not benefit from libation wine – 3 Seifim
- 133 To not become drunk on libation wine, and to not make merchandise of it – 5 Seifim
- 134 The law of wine what was used for libation and became mixed – 4 Seifim
- 135 With what kind of vessels we have to be concerned about libation – 3 Seifim
- 136 Whoever sends a container of wine through an idolater has to put a seal on it – 5 Seifim
- 137 The law of kosher wine that was placed in a vessel that was not made kosher – 4 Seifim
Idolatry
[edit]- 138 Laws of kashering a wine vessel – 3 Seifim
- 139 Laws of idols - nullifying them, touching them, and their accessories – 5 Seifim
- 140 The law of something that was offered for idolatry and got mixed – 4 Seifim
- 141 The law of idolatrous images and forms – 3 Seifim
- 142 The prohibition of benefiting from idols and their accessories – 5 Seifim
- 143 To not build his house near a house of idolatry, and in what manner one may benefit from idolatry – 4 Seifim
- 144 Money of idolatry and what is its law – 3 Seifim
- 145 What kind of idols of star worshipers one is permitted to benefit from – 5 Seifim
- 146 What kind of idols can be neutralized, and what kind can not – 4 Seifim
- 147 To not swear by the name of an idol of idolaters, and the laws of mentioning its name – 3 Seifim
- 148 The law of idolatrous festivals – 5 Seifim
- 149 The law of idolaters' market – 4 Seifim
- 150 Keeping distant from the ways of idolatry, and not bowing before it – 3 Seifim
- 151 Items that are needed for idolatry are prohibited for Israelites to sell – 5 Seifim
- 152 That an Israelite should not eat with an idolater even if he is eating his own food – 4 Seifim
- 153 Laws of yichud (seclusion) of an Israelite man or woman with a gentile – 3 Seifim
- 154 Laws of a gentile midwife with an Israelite – 5 Seifim
- 155 Is it permitted to receive healing treatments from a gentile? – 4 Seifim
- 156 Is it permitted to take a haircut from a gentile? – 3 Seifim
- 157 For what mitzvot does one die rather than transgress? – 5 Seifim
- 158 Laws of saving an idolater from death – 4 Seifim
Interest (הלכות ריבית)
[edit]- 159 It is permitted to lend to a gentile or apostate with interest – 3 Seifim
- 160 The great severity of the prohibition of interest and the extent of caution required – 23 Seifim
- 161 The law of avak ribbit (the dust of interest) and what is considered biblical interest – 11 Seifim
- 162 That one must not lend a measure for a measure (se’ah b’se’ah) – 5 Seifim
- 163 The law of one who fixes a price for wheat to compel payment at the current rate – 3 Seifim
- 164 One who pawns a field must not lease it back – 4 Seifim
- 165 The law of lending on coinage and adding to its value – 1 Seif
- 166 One who lends to his fellow may not perform labor with his servant nor dwell in his courtyard – 3 Seifim
- 167 In what manner one may lend money on condition that it be used in trade for profit – 1 Seif
- 168–169 Various laws of interest transacted through a gentile – 27 Seifim
- 170 That a Jew cannot act as guarantor for another Jew borrowing with interest from a gentile – 2 Seifim
- 171 The law of a gentile who lent with interest and then converted – 1 Seif
- 172 The law of one who pawns a house or field on condition that the lender eat its produce – 6 Seifim
- 173 Many detailed laws of interest – 19 Seifim
- 174 The law of one who sells to his fellow on condition to repurchase – 8 Seifim
- 175 The law of one who contracts for produce according to the market rate – 8 Seifim
- 176 Which rentals are permitted and which are forbidden – 8 Seifim
- 177 That one may not accept tson barzel (fixed-value partnership) from a Jew, and various business dealings forbidden on account of interest – 40 Seifim
Practices of Idolaters (הלכות חוקות הגויים וכישוף)
[edit]Divination and Magic (כישוף)
[edit]Tattooing and the Making of Bald Spots (כתובת קעקע וקרחה)
[edit]Shaving (גילוח)
[edit]A Man Shall Not Wear a Woman’s Garment (לא ילבש)
[edit]The Menstruant (הלכות נדה)
[edit]- 183 A woman who sees a drop of blood must sit seven clean days – 1 Seif
- 184 One must separate from a woman for a period before her expected time (veset) – 12 Seifim
- 185 The law of a woman who said “I am impure” and later said “I am pure” – 4 Seifim
- 186 The laws of a woman’s examination before and after intercourse – 5 Seifim
- 187 The law of a woman who sees blood due to intercourse – 14 Seifim
- 188 The laws of the appearance (colors) of blood – 6 Seifim
- 189 The laws of a woman with a fixed and an unfixed cycle (veset) – 34 Seifim
- 190 The laws of stains and the woman’s examination – 54 Seifim
- 191 The law of a woman who finds blood while urinating – 1 Seif
- 192 The laws of a bride entering the marriage canopy – 5 Seifim
- 193 The law of virgin blood (dam betulim) – 1 Seif
- 194 The laws of a woman after childbirth or miscarriage – 14 Seifim
- 195 Things forbidden while she is in her state of niddah – 17 Seifim
- 196 The laws of donning the white garment and her examination – 13 Seifim
- 197 That a woman must not immerse by day – 5 Seifim
- 198 The laws of immersion and barriers (chatzitzah) – 48 Seifim
- 199 That a woman must examine the hidden parts and the laws of washing on Shabbat and weekdays – 13 Seifim
- 200 When the blessing for immersion is recited – 1 Seif
Ritual Baths (הלכות מקוואות)
[edit]- 201 The laws of the mikveh and its waters – 75 Seifim
- 202 Things that constitute a barrier in immersion – 9 Seifim
Vows
[edit]- 203 Which vows are praiseworthy and which are reprehensible – 7 Seifim
- 204 One who links his vow to another vow – 4 Seifim
- 205 One who forbids something upon himself with a Torah prohibition – 2 Seifim
- 206 The laws of partial expressions (yadot) of vows – 5 Seifim
- 207 The law of substituted terms (kinuyim) of vows – 1 Seif
- 208 The laws of unspecified vows and one who vows by ḥerem – 5 Seifim
- 209 One who hears his fellow take a vow and says “Amen” – 1 Seif
- 210 That one must articulate the vow with his lips – 3 Seifim
- 211 One who stipulates that his vows will not be vows – 4 Seifim
- 212 The law of one who vows by the Torah – 1 Seif
- 213 That vows do not take effect on things without substance – 3 Seifim
- 214 To deviate from a custom requires release – 2 Seifim
- 215 That vows take effect even upon a mitzvah – 6 Seifim
- 216 Difference between saying “these fruits” or not, and one who vows from cooked food – 12 Seifim
- 217 One who vows from cooked food, salted food, pot-cooked food, and similar; how vows follow common speech – 48 Seifim
- 218 How the intent of the vower determines the vow – 6 Seifim
- 219 One who vows without specifying time – 3 Seifim
- 220 Difference between “today” and “for a time,” and a vow on something non-fixed – 23 Seifim
- 221 One who forbids benefit from his fellow – 14 Seifim
- 222 One whose son-in-law is forbidden to benefit from him but wants to give his daughter money – 1 Seif
- 223 One who forbids his son for Torah study – 4 Seifim
- 224 One who says “your property is cherem upon me” – 1 Seif
- 225 One who forbids another’s produce upon his fellow – 1 Seif
- 226 Partners who have forbidden benefit from each other – 3 Seifim
- 227 One who forbids himself from all Israel – 3 Seifim
- 228 The laws of annulment of vows, the difference between a “door” and “regret,” and what is called “public opinion” – 51 Seifim
- 229 A vow partially annulled, or vowed twice on one thing – 9 Seifim
- 230 That oaths and vows may be released even if God’s Name was invoked – 1 Seif
- 231 One who vows conditionally or depends his vow on another’s opinion – 1 Seif
- 232 The laws of vows of persuasion, exaggeration, error, and compulsion – 20 Seifim
- 233 The punishment of vows for male and female – 1 Seif
- 234 When the father or husband may annul, and when both annul together – 72 Seifim
- 235 One who forbids his wife marital relations or from visiting her father, etc. – 6 Seifim
Oaths
[edit]- 236 What constitutes a binding oath and a vain oath – 6 Seifim
- 237 Whether one must swear using the Name or an epithet – 12 Seifim
- 238 The law of an oath not to eat—generally or with detail – 23 Seifim
- 239 One who swears on something without substance or to nullify a mitzvah – 17 Seifim
Honoring One’s Father and Mother
[edit]- 240 What constitutes honor and reverence, and their laws – 25 Seifim
- 241 One who strikes or curses his father or mother – 9 Seifim
Honoring One’s Rabbi and a Torah Scholar
[edit]- 242 Not to rule in the presence of one’s Rabbi, and when a Rabbi may waive his honor – 36 Seifim
- 243 That a Torah scholar is exempt from tax, and his business takes precedence – 9 Seifim
- 244 Standing and beautifying in the presence of a scholar, even if not one’s teacher – 18 Seifim
Teachers
[edit]Torah Study
[edit]Charity
[edit]- 247 The greatness of the reward of charity, and whether one can compel its giving – 4 Seifim
- 248 Who is obligated and who is fit to receive – 8 Seifim
- 249 How much one must give and how to give it – 16 Seifim
- 250 How much should be given to each – 5 Seifim
- 251 To whom charity is given, and who has priority – 14 Seifim
- 252 The redemption of captives and how it is done – 12 Seifim
- 253 Who is fit to receive charity – 12 Seifim
- 254 Not to accept charity from gentiles – 2 Seifim
- 255 To distance oneself from taking charity – 2 Seifim
- 256 The communal charity fund (kupah) and soup kitchen (tamchui): how collected and distributed – 6 Seifim
- 257 The order of collection and not delaying distribution – 11 Seifim
- 258 One who designates property for charity – 13 Seifim
- 259 Whether one may change a charity designation, and how the treasurer conducts himself – 6 Seifim
Circumcision
[edit]- 260 The positive commandment for the father to circumcise his son – 1 Seif
- 261 If the father did not circumcise his son – 1 Seif
- 262 The time for circumcision of the healthy, the sick, and the androgynous – 7 Seifim
- 263 A child born red or yellow, or whose brothers died from circumcision – 5 Seifim
- 264 Who is fit to circumcise, with what and how to circumcise – 6 Seifim
- 265 The order of the blessings and circumcision on a fast day – 13 Seifim
- 266 Which circumcisions override Shabbat and Festivals – 14 Seifim
Slaves
[edit]Converts
[edit]- 268 How to convert a male or female convert and their sanctity – 12 Seifim
- 269 Forbidden relations among converts, and their laws for testimony and ḥalitzah – 11 Seifim
A Torah Scroll
[edit]- 270 The reward for the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah – 2 Seifim
- 271 The parchment, scoring of lines, and the ink – 7 Seifim
- 272 The width of the columns – 4 Seifim
- 273 The margins and spacing between lines and columns – 6 Seifim
- 274 Writing it for its sake, fixing letters and their crowns – 7 Seifim
- 275 The form of open and closed paragraphs and the Songs – 6 Seifim
- 276 Hanging a skipped section, error in God’s Name, and how to correct – 13 Seifim
- 277 Not to turn a sheet inside out – 1 Seif
- 278 Sewing a Torah scroll – 4 Seifim
- 279 Checking a Sefer Torah and not leaving it with error – 5 Seifim
- 280 If a sheet tears after sewing – 2 Seifim
- 281 Who is fit to write, and if the scribe says he didn’t write the Names for their sake – 5 Seifim
- 282 To treat a Sefer Torah with honor, and the laws of its accessories – 19 Seifim
- 283 That one may join Torah, Prophets, and Writings together – 5 Seifim
- 284 Not to write without scoring – 2 Seifim
Mezuzah
[edit]- 285 The reward for the mitzvah of mezuzah – 2 Seifim
- 286 The places obligated in mezuzah – 23 Seifim
- 287 Which doorway requires a mezuzah – 2 Seifim
- 288 How and with what it is written – 15 Seifim
- 289 The place and method of affixing, and its blessing – 6 Seifim
- 290 Not to write it on Torah parchment – 1 Seif
- 291 When a mezuzah must be checked and who is obligated – 3 Seifim
Sending Away the Mother Bird
[edit]- 292 The laws of sending away the mother bird – 13 Seifim
New Grain
[edit]- 293 The laws of chadash and when they apply – 5 Seifim
Orlah
[edit]Inter-species Mingling
[edit]- 295 The laws of grafting trees – 7 Seifim
- 296 The laws of kilay ha-kerem and mingled seeds – 69 Seifim
- 297a The detailed laws of mixed seeds – 40 Seifim
- 297b The laws of breeding and working mixed animals – 16 Seifim
- 298 Things forbidden due to mixed garments – 2 Seifim
- 299 Which species are subject to kilayim – 2 Seifim
- 300 Which kilayim are Torah-based and which rabbinic – 7 Seifim
- 301 Whether one may spread kilayim beneath himself, and the rules of saddle cloths and shrouds – 15 Seifim
- 302 The law of a garment suspected of kilayim – 2 Seifim
- 303 To remove kilayim from one’s fellow even in public – 2 Seifim
- 304 That mixed garments may be made and kept – 1 Seif
Redemption of the Firstborn Son
[edit]The Firstborn of a Kosher Animal
[edit]- 306 When and where it applies – 12 Seifim
- 307 The firstborn after slaughter, and raising until blemished – 3 Seifim
- 308 The prohibition of working or shearing it – 5 Seifim
- 309 The law of a firstborn in our times – 2 Seifim
- 310 One slaughtered without rabbinic ruling – 3 Seifim
- 311 One suspected of selling a firstborn – 1 Seif
- 312 Taking payment to examine a firstborn – 3 Seifim
- 313 Not to blemish a firstborn – 7 Seifim
- 314 Who is trusted regarding a blemish – 11 Seifim
- 315 Doubtful firstborns, cesarean, or hermaphrodite – 7 Seifim
- 316 Buying from a gentile and uncertain first birth – 6 Seifim
- 317 A firstborn mixed with others and one dies – 3 Seifim
- 318 Various doubts in the laws of firstborn – 6 Seifim
- 319 Severed limb and other matters – 4 Seifim
- 320 Who is obligated, partnership with gentile, etc. – 7 Seifim
The First Birth of a Donkey
[edit]Challah
[edit]- 322 The difference between challah in Israel and outside – 5 Seifim
- 323 Rabbinic challah: how given and eaten, and mixture with non-sacred – 1 Seif
- 324 The measure for challah, combining kinds, and mixture of exempt and obligated dough – 14 Seifim
- 325 Two doughs without the measure – 2 Seifim
- 326 Kneading or mixing doughs not each with the measure – 5 Seifim
- 327 When challah obligation takes effect – 5 Seifim
- 328 The blessing and who should separate – 3 Seifim
- 329 Which bread is subject to challah – 10 Seifim
- 330 Dough of a gentile, partners, ownerless, or for dogs – 9 Seifim
Terumot, Tithes, Poor-Gifts and First Shearings
[edit]- 331 The giving of tithes: where, how the Kohen receives them, and if Torah or rabbinic – 146 Seifim
- 332 Gifts to the poor – 1 Seif
- 333 The laws of reishit ha-gez (first shearings) – 14 Seifim
Visiting the Sick, Healing, and One Who Is Dying or Deathly Ill
[edit]- 335 When one may visit the sick, which sick to visit, and how to pray for him – 10 Seifim
- 336 The laws regarding a doctor – 3 Seifim
- 337 A sick person with a death in the family – 1 Seif
- 338 Confessional of the sick and how to tell him – 2 Seifim
- 339 The laws of a goses (dying person), saying Tzidduk HaDin, and good signs – 5 Seifim
Rending One’s Clothes
[edit]Mourning
[edit]Laws of Mourning (Aveilut)
[edit]- 342 One who prepared for his wedding and then a relative died – 1 Seif
- 343 The mitzvah of escorting the dead – 2 Seifim
- 344 The obligation and reward of eulogy, and for whom it is done – 2 Seifim
- 345 The law of one who takes his own life, one who is excommunicated, and those who separate from the community – 8 Seifim
- 346 One whose relative was crucified in the city should not dwell there – 1 Seif
- 347 Not to arouse mourning for the deceased within thirty days before a Festival – 3 Seifim
- 348 The law of burning for the dead, and one who says: “Do not bury me” – 3 Seifim
- 349 The prohibition of deriving benefit from a corpse or its shrouds – 4 Seifim
- 350 Practices done for the dead that are not included in the ways of the Amorites – 1 Seif
- 351 The law of mixtures and tzitzit for the dead – 2 Seifim
- 352 In what garments the dead are buried, and that a man does not clothe a woman – 4 Seifim
- 353 How to carry out the dead, whether large or small, and on what kind of bier – 7 Seifim
- 354 A city with two dead—who takes precedence – 1 Seif
- 355 Matters in which we make distinctions for a woman more than for a man – 1 Seif
- 356 If money was collected for the needs of the dead and there was surplus – 1 Seif
- 357 The prohibition of leaving a dead body overnight, and when it is permitted to delay burial – 2 Seifim
- 358 Pallbearers are exempt from reciting Shema and from prayer – 3 Seifim
- 359 The place of the departure of the dead and the mourners – 2 Seifim
- 360 A dead person, a bride, and circumcision—who takes precedence – 1 Seif
- 361 The funeral procession and the suspension of Torah study for a funeral – 5 Seifim
- 362 Burial in the ground and whether it is permitted to bury two people together – 6 Seifim
- 363 The prohibition of removing a corpse or bones from their place – 7 Seifim
- 364 The prohibition of deriving benefit from the grave, the stone, or the structure – 7 Seifim
- 365 One who digs a grave is exempt from Shema; how far graves must be from a city – 2 Seifim
- 366 The law of one who sells a grave, and a woman who inherited a family burial place – 4 Seifim
- 367 Burying the dead of gentiles, and not walking in a cemetery with tefillin or tzitzit – 6 Seifim
- 368 Not to behave frivolously in a cemetery – 3 Seifim
- 369 For what impurity a Kohen is warned – 1 Seif
- 370 Who is considered as dead even though still alive – 1 Seif
- 371 The law of a tent (ohel): how it transmits impurity – 6 Seifim
- 372 When impurity is permitted for the sake of a mitzvah, and the law of gentile graves – 2 Seifim
- 373 Which Kohen is warned about impurity, for whom he may become impure, and until when – 9 Seifim
- 374 The impurity of a Kohen for the sake of a met mitzvah, for a prince, or his rabbi, and over whom one mourns – 11 Seifim
- 375 When the mourning period begins, and about transferring one from one grave to another – 11 Seifim
- 376 The custom of comforting mourners, and the law of one who has no comforters – 4 Seifim
- 377 The laws of slaves, maidservants, and one under excommunication who have mourning – 3 Seifim
- 378 The laws of the seudat havra’ah (meal of comfort) for a man and for a woman – 13 Seifim
- 379 The law of Birkat Hamazon in a house of mourning – 5 Seifim
- 380 Things forbidden to a mourner – 25 Seifim
- 381 The prohibition of washing and anointing for a mourner – 6 Seifim
- 382 The prohibition of wearing shoes (ne’ilat hasandal) for a mourner – 5 Seifim
- 383 The prohibition of marital relations for a mourner – 2 Seifim
- 384 A mourner is forbidden from studying Torah – 5 Seifim
- 385 The laws of greeting a mourner – 3 Seifim
- 386 Covering of the head (atifat harosh) for a mourner – 1 Seif
- 387 The laws of overturning the bed (kefiyat hamitah) – 2 Seifim
- 388 A mourner on the first day is forbidden from putting on tefillin – 2 Seifim
- 389 A mourner is forbidden to launder his garments and the law of ironing – 8 Seifim
- 390 The laws of cutting hair and combing during mourning – 7 Seifim
- 391 A mourner is forbidden from all types of celebration – 3 Seifim
- 392 A mourner is forbidden all thirty days from marrying a woman – 3 Seifim
- 393 When a mourner may leave his house – 4 Seifim
- 394 Not to grieve excessively over the dead – 6 Seifim
- 395 Part of the seventh or thirtieth day counts as the whole day – 3 Seifim
- 396 The law of a mourner who did not observe mourning throughout all seven days – 3 Seifim
- 397 Laws regarding testimony to practice mourning based on witnesses – 2 Seifim
- 398 Mourning on the first day is from the Torah – 1 Seif
- 399 The laws of mourning during a Festival, Rosh Hashanah, and the second day of Diaspora festivals – 14 Seifim
- 400 The laws of mourning on Shabbat – 2 Seifim
- 401 Matters practiced during Chol HaMoed – 7 Seifim
- 402 The law of near and distant tidings (shemu’ah kerovah ve-rachokah) – 12 Seifim
- 403 The laws of gathering bones (melaket atzamot) – 10 Seifim