First critical edition of the Tosefta by Moses Samuel Zuckermandl (1876).
The Tosefta (Aramaic תוספתא "supplement, addition"[1]) is a compilation of the Jewish oral law from the late 2nd century, the period of the Mishnah.
In many ways, the Tosefta acts as a supplement to the Mishnah (Hebrew: משנה, Mishnah) but however must not be regarded as a later addition to the existing Mishnah.[2] The Tosefta closely corresponds to the Mishnah, with the same divisions for sedarim ("orders") and masekhot ("tractates"). It is mainly written in Mishnaic Hebrew, with some Aramaic. Compared to Mishnah Tosefta provides a more detailed version of the Tannaitic teachings.[1] According to rabbinic tradition, the Tosefta was redacted by Ḥiya bar Abba and one of his students, Hoshaiah II.[3]
Orders
| Order of the Tosefta
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Translation
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Description
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| זְרָעִים, Zeraim
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Seeds
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Deal with prayer and blessings, tithes and agricultural laws
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| מוֹעֵד, Moed
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Festival
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Pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals
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| נָשִׁים, Nashim
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Women
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Concerning marriage and divorce, some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite
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| נְזִיקִין, Nezikin
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Damages
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Deal with civil and criminal law, the functioning of the courts and oaths
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| קָדָשִׁים, Kodashim
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Holy things
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Regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the Kashrut (dietary laws)
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| טָהֳרוֹת, Tehorot
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Purities
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Pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of food purity and bodily purity
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Birnbaum, Philip (1979). Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company. ISBN 0-88482-930-8.
- ↑ Danby, Herbert (2008). Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta. Forgotten Books. ISBN 978-1-60506-741-4.
- ↑ Rashi in his commentary on Talmud Sanhedrin 33a, s.v. v'afilu ta'ah b'rebbi Hiyya.
