Mishneh Torah - The Books and Sections

The Books and Sections

  1. HaMadda' (Knowledge):
    1. Yesodei ha-Torah: Belief in God and other Jewish principles of faith
    2. De'ot: general proper behavior
    3. Talmud Torah: see Torah study
    4. Avodah Zarah: the prohibition against idolatry
    5. Teshuvah: the law and philosophy of repentance
  2. Ahavah (Love): the precepts which must be observed at all times if the love due to God is to be remembered continually (prayer, tefillin).
  3. Zemanim (Times):
    1. Shabbat
    2. Eruvin, a Rabbinic device that facilitates Sabbath observance
    3. Yom Tov: prohibitions on major Jewish holidays that are different from the prohibitions of Sabbath
    4. Shevitat `Asor: laws of Yom Kippur, except for the Temple service (see Avodat Yom ha-Kippurim, below)
    5. Hametz u-Matza: see Passover
    6. Shofar ve-Lulav ve-Sukkah: see Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot
    7. Hanukah u-Megillah: see Hanukkah and Purim
  4. Nashim (Women):
    1. Ishut: laws of marriage, including kiddushin and the ketubah
    2. Geirushin: laws of divorce
    3. Yibum va-Chalitzah: laws of levirate marriage
    4. Na'arah Betulah: the law of a man who seduces or rapes an unmarried woman
    5. Sotah laws concerning a woman suspected of infidelity
  5. Kedushah (Holiness)
    1. Issurei Biah: forbidden sexual relations, including niddah, incest and adultery. Since intermarriage with non-Jews is forbidden, the laws of conversion to Judaism are also included.
    2. Ma'akhalot Assurot: laws of forbidden foods (see kashrut)
    3. Shechitah: laws of ritual slaughter
  6. Hafla'ah (Separation): laws of vows and oaths
    1. Shevuot: Laws of vows (to refrain from doing an action)
    2. Nedarim: Laws of oaths (to do an action)
    3. Nezirot: Laws of Nazirites
    4. Erachin: Laws of donations to the temple
  7. Zera'im (Seeds): agricultural laws
    1. Kilayim: Laws of forbidden mixtures
    2. Aniyim: Laws of obligatory gifts to the poor
    3. Terumot: Laws of obligatory gifts to the priests
    4. Maaser: Laws of tithes
    5. Sheini: Laws of secondary tithes
    6. Bikurim: Laws of first fruit offerings
    7. Shemittah: Laws of the sabbatical year
  8. Avodah (Divine Service): the laws of the Temple in Jerusalem
  9. Korbanot (Offerings): laws for offerings in the Temple, excepting those of the whole community
  10. Tohorah (Cleanness): the rules of ritual purity
  11. Nezikin (Injuries): criminal and tort law
  12. Kinyan (Acquisition): laws of the marketplace
  13. Mishpatim (Rights): civil law
  14. Shofetim (Judges): the laws relating legislators, the Sanhedrin, the king, and the judges. It also addresses the Noahide Laws and those pertaining to messianic times.

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