26. □"i"l"13, Ncdarim, or vows, in eleven chapters: a. "''^'IID 73, of the expressions for vows, since a person is obliged to keep them, even if the words were wronglv and not correctly pronounced (4 sections). 6. "p^nT^ 1?X1, what words do not constitute a vow ; how they are to be distinguished from an oath ; what restrictions and ambi- guities may occur (5 sections), c. QiTTJ n"!j"lX, of four kinds of vows which are regarded as void ; of the vows made to robbers, publicans, etc. (11 sections), d.
mn-in -pn -px, and c mr:: 'psnvrn, of the case
where a person has consented to derive no advantage from another or to be to him of no use, and how one can make something prohibited to the other (8 and C sections). /.
b-:jii-:n p' ^^^':1^, and g- pi'^n p iTisn, of dif- ferent kinds of eatables, in case they have been renounced, etc. (10 and 9 sections), h. "pi DD''p, concerning the time
over which the vow extends (7 sections), i. ^'r"''5X "^H"!, of divers causes for which a vow may be made ('.) sections). j. il"l"D, who has the right of making the vow of a wife or daughter void (8 sections), k. D'^TTD lbx"1, what vows can be made void by the husband or father, and what in case of ignorance or error (12 sections).
27. T^TS, Sazir, in nine chapters, relating to vows of abstinence: a. n'.I^T: iiIDD bs, of the form in which such a vow can be made; of the difference of Sainson'.s vow of abstinence from others (7 sections), b. ■'2"'in T^TS, what vows are binding and what not (10 sections). c. I'^DNUJ "1^, of the time of shaving (7 sections), d. "''O "iBXw, of the remission and removing the same (7 sec- tions), e. ^i^'Z'O ri'^n, what is to be done in cases tif error and other dubious cases (7 sections). /. nuj^uJ 'p"l1DX, of things prohibited to a Nazarite (11 sections). <;. pnn "(lis, for what uncleanness he must shave him- self (4 sections). /(,. n'i"l''T3 "'21U, of some doubtful cases (2 sections), i. CIS"!!, of the power which, in divers cases, leads to the supposition that he is unclean ; wheth- er Samuel was a Nazarite (5 sections).
28. niOlD, Sotah, or the erring woman, in nine chapters : a. XSp'Sn, what constitutes an erring woman ; who must drink the bitter water ; how she is to be pieseuted in pub- lic, etc. (9 sections), fc. X^H'D iT^n, of writing the curses, and the ceremonies connected with it (G sections), c. iT^tl b-3'3, of the offering of the soti'di, and the fate of the wom- an found guilty (8 sections), d. HDTlX, where the bitter water is not to be used (5 sections), e. n"i"an'J Cil'D, that the bitter water should also be taken by the adul- terer (5 sections). /. N3'^pO "^"O, of the required testi- mony (4 sections), g. "pTCSi IPS, of formulas to be spoken in the holy tongue, and of such not to be spoken in that tongue (8 sections), h. r!Vu3"2, of the address of the priest anointed as king (7 sections), i. TO^':), of kill- ing the heifer for expiation of an uncertain murder; of different things which have been abolished, and what will be at the time of the Messiah (U sections). The last sections of this Mishna are very interesting because they foretell the signs of the approaching Messiah, and wind up with the following remarkable words: "In the time of the Messiah the people will be impudent and be given to drinking; public-houses will flourish and the vine will be dear; none will care for punishment, and the learned will be driven from one place to the other, and no one will have compassion on them ; the wisdom of the scribes will be stinking; fear of God will be despised ; truth will be oppressed, and the wise will become less. The young men will shame the old, the old will rise against the young; the son will despise the father; the daughter will rise against the mother, the daughter-in- law against the mother-in-law, and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. The face of that generation is as the face of a dog ; the son shall not reverence the father !"
29. 'pI35, Gittin, or divorce bills, in uiue chapters, treats of divorce, and the writing given to the wife on that oc- casion; how it must be written, etc.: a. Zii, X'^S^n, of sending a divorce, and what must be observed in case the husband sends one to his wife (6 sections), b. l35 X'^^'CH r3''1w'2, when, how, and on what it must be wiisten (7 sections), c. li^ hj, that it must be written in the name of the wife (S sections), d. 125 nbl'wil, sundiy enactments, made for the better existence of the world (9 sections), e. 'pp'^tin, enactments for the sake of peace (9 sections). /. "I^IXH, sundry cases of the bill of divorce (7 sections), g. TinX'ZJ "^"D, of additional con- ditions (9 sections), h. u;2 pTTtl, of throwing the di- vorce bill, its different effects; what constitutes a bahl bill of divorce (i.e. one which according to the Mishna has more folds than subscribing witnesses) (10 sections'!. ?". lUinxn, of the signature of witnesses, and of the cause that constitutes a divorce, of which the school of Shnm- mai says, "No man may divorce his wife, unless he find