13. ■pmij', Enibin, or mingling, in ten chapters, deals with those ceremonies by which the Sabbath boundary was extended; "mingling" a whole town into one ticti- ticius yard, so that carrying within it should not be unlaw- ful : «. ■'IS^, concerning the entry to an alley (10 sections). b. "pD3 "plU1",concerningeuclosures(Gsectious). c. PD3 ■|^3"l"'2, concerning a holyday or a Friday (9 sections), rf. 1il1-X"'^1iTJ "^Ta, concerning the stepiiing beyond the Sabbath limit (11 sections), e. 'j"'3'*l"'3 Tj£^3, concerning the enlaiging the bounds of a city (9 sections), /and g. ■jlpn, etc., "nn, concerning the neighborhood (10 aud 11 sections), h. "(^snnTU^ liJ^D, concerning what may be done in a yard (11 sections), i. msn P3, concerning roofs, etc. (4 sections), j. yo^'SVi nui^n, couceruing some diftVrent Sabbath laws (15 sections).
14. CUPIDS, Pc'snchim, in ten chapters, treats of the pas- chal festival and things connected with its celebration: a
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and h. 11V3 ))Z and Ml'SIX^ "llX.of searching for leav- en; how to put it away; oftheEastercake,andthe herbs for the bitter herbs (7 ands sections), c. '^'''^\^^y ibx, of the care to avoid leaven (S sections), d. UHDi:) Blp^, of the works on the day before Easter, and what kinds of work are permitted (9 sections), e. HnXi^i T^^an, when aud how to kill the paschal lamb; of cleaning and skinning the same, and how it becomes disallowed (10 sections). /. nOE3 n"i"l31 ibx, how the Passover abrogates the command against work on the Sabbath; of the oflering of festival sacrifices; of a sacrifice having been changed with another (G sections), jr. "pbi:j l:i"'3, of roasting the lamb; how it becomes unclean ; what to do with the remaining parts (13 sections), h. "|'2T2 iiaxri, what persons are allowed to eat it and what are not ; of compa- nies (8 sections), i. XTTJ ^f2, of the second Easter; of the Easter in Egypt, and of divers cases when paschal lambs have been exchanged (11 sections), j. "'H'ljJ D^nOB, of the order at the Easter-meal after the four cups of wine which are necessary for it (9 sections).
15. C^PpTD, Shekalim, or shekels, in eight chapters, con- tains laws relating to the half-shekel which was paid for the support of public worship: a. ITXH 'inSO, how the money-changers take their seat at the money-tables, on the 15th of Adar, where the people exchange their money (7 sections). 6. "pSIlI'O, of changing, and of coins used in former times; of the remaining money (5 sections), c. D^pIS iTCPTl;3, how the paid shekels may be taken again from the treasury (4 sections), d. iT21"ir.n, how they are to be spent, and what to do with the balance (9 sections), e. "pi^^^n ]i-i ibx, of the offices in the sanctuary, and of the seals (G sections). .f.'~i'ZiV iTi'Pw, how often the number thirteen occurred in the sanctuary (6 sections), g. Mili^i^iJ ni"'2, of money and other things which are found, when it is doubtful to whom they belong (7 sections), h. "pp1"in PD, of other dubi- ous things; resolution that the shekel aud firstlings have ceased with the Temple (S sections).
16. X721'', Voma, or the Daij of Atonement, in eight chap- ters: a. W'^'' 'T\"^'0, of the preparations of the high- priest (S sections), b. flJIOSI^, of casting lots, and of the offerings (7 sections). c.CrtP "l^N,ofthebeginningof the Day of Atonement ; of bathing, washing, and dressing the high-priest, and of presenting the bullocks and goats (11 sections), d. "'SPp^ %\~tZ2, of casting the lots upon the goats, and the confession ((i sections), e. IP IX'^^in, what was to be done in the Holy of Holies (7 sections). f. "^l^i'O "'J'C, of sending forth the goat (S sections), g.
IP Xn, what the high-priest was meanwhile to do, and until the end of his service at night (5 sections), h. C1^ d'^TISSn, of the privileges of fasting; how man is for- given, and how he is not forgiven (9 sections).
17. ilDlD, Sukkah, or the Feast of Tabernacles, in five chapters: a. X^Hl^ HwlD, of the size and covering of the Sukkah (11 sections), b. y,^"'!!, how often meals should be eaten in it; exemptions (9 sections), c. 3PlP, of the lialm-branches, myrtle-boughs, willows, citrons; what constitutes their fitness, and what not; how to tie and stake them (15 sections), d. ri3""1 3P1P, how many days these ceremonies last ; of the pouring-out of the wa- ter (10 sections), e. P"'pnn, of the rejoicings ; how to di- vide the offerings and shew-bread on this festival among the orders of the priests (S sections).
IS. aii: Dl"', Yom Tub, i.e. good dag, or, as it is general- ly called, iljj"'3, Betzah, i.e. the egg, from the word with which it commences, containing five chapters: a. <1U'^!1 illPIJ iT, whether an egg laid on the festival may be eaten thereon. On this question the schools of Shammai and Hillel are divided ; the former decide in the affirmative, the latter in the negative (10 sections), b. 3113 Dl"', or 'jib'^'iUan 311 jJ, i. e. of connecting the meals on the Sab- bath and other subseqtient holydays. Maimouides gives the following account, which will enable the reader to un- derstand this expression : " The rabbins, in order to pre-
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vent cooking or preparation of fuod on the festival for the following working-days, have prohihited it even for the Sabbath immediately following. They have ordered, how- ever, that some article of food should be prepared on the day before the festival, to which more may be cooked, in addition, on the festival ; which has been ordered with the intention of reminding the general mass that it is not law- ful to prepare any food on the festival which is not eaten thereon. It is called 3T15, or mixture, because it mixes or combines the preparation of food necessary for the festi- val with that required for the family's use on the Sabbath" (Hilekothyuvi. Tub, ch.vi). c. ",">ny "pX, of catching and killing animals; how to buy the necessary things, with- out mentioning the money (S sections), cl. N"3'2n, of carrying, especially wood not required for burning (7 sec- tions), e. '|"'3'^1!3'2, enumeration and precise definition of classes of things which cannot be done on a feast- day, still less on a Sabbath day (7 sections).