56. minu, Taharoth (prop. Tohorotli), or purifications, iu fifteen chai)lers, teaches how purifications are to be ef- fected: a. "IITJJ iTU-'D, of the carrion of a cleau and un- clean fowl (9 sections), b. nn'^rrj irrXil, of the unclean- ness of the person who has eaten something unclean ; of the effect of the different degrees of uncleanness (8 sections). c. ^UTin, of lieverages ; of the estimation of an unclean- uess after the time of its detection (8 sections), d. pllTn,
e. j'^im, and/, n^n't!) Q1p72, of doubtful cases of un- cleanness (13, 9, and l(t sections), g. ITpn, how a lay- man makes something unclean; of the care to be taken in preserving the cleanness of dresses and vessels (9 sections'). h. "lin, how to keep victuals clean (9 sections), i. D'Tl'^T, of the cleanness iu pressing the olives (9 sections), j. PS'lSrt, of the same in the treatment of wine (S sections).
57. nXIpTS, Mikvaoth, or 2>ools of ivater {timrth. xs.\i,23), in fifteen chapters, treats of their construction, and the quantity of water necessary for cleansing: a. mp"^ "O^, of the six different grades of pools of water, where one is purer than the preceding, from the water in the pit to the living water (8 sections), b. X"2Lin, of doubtful cases con- cerning bathing; how much and how far drawn water mi\kesa.niikvah, or bathing-place,untilfor bathing (10 sec- tions), c. IDT' ■'^"i, how a mikvah becomes clean again (4 sections), d. n^D''2il, how rain-water is to be led into a mikvah, so as not to become drawn water (5 sections), e. "p"?3, of different kinds of water— spring water, river and sea water (6 sections). /. 2"iir'2n ^3, what is regarded as connected with a mikvah, and how mikvaoth may be- come united (11 sections), g. ^"^Pi'^a IT"", what makes a mikvah complete and fit, and wheie the change of the color has to be considered (7 sections), h. PX~H;^ V"'^*, of some uncleanness of the mikv.ah (5 sections), i. IPX "pH^iin, of the difference between bathing the body aud a vessel (7 sections), j. Pll^ PD, of vomiting when eating aud drinking, whether it be clean or unclean (8 sections).
58. m3, Niddah, or separation of women during their menses, after childbirth, etc., iu fifteen chapters : a. "'X^'iJ "iTilX, of computing the time of the niddah, and where it is to be supposed (7 sections), b. I^Jl !33, of the niddah itself (7 sections), c. niSTSn, and d. finiD n:n, of women in childbed (7 and 7 sections), e. "JS'll XU1"', of the different ages of children according to their sex (9 sec- tions). /. "i^^D X2, of the blood-spots (14 sections), g. mill n1, what makes unclean if it be damp or dry (5 sec- tions). /(. nxnn, and i. XliTJ nrxn, of recognising the blood-spots ; their origin ; of changes in the menses (4 and 11 sections), j. rpISP, of all kinds of suppositions concerning cleanness and uncleanness (S sections). This treatise should be read only by persons studying med- icine, it being devoted to certain rules not ordinarily discussed, although they appear to have occupied a dis- proportionate part of the attention of the rabbins. The objections that our modern sense of propriety raises to the practice of the confessional apply with no less force to the subject of this tract, considered as a matter to be reg- ulated by the priesthood.
59. '|''"l"'li;2'0, Makshirin, or liquors that dispose seeds and fiuiis to receive pollution, in six chapters: a. ?3 npfTS, of the precaution by the fanlt of which something has become wet (6 sections). 6. r"iT, of sweating and steaming; of different rights of cities in which Jews aud heathen reside (U sections), c. p"J, of cases where fruits are moistened unintentionally (8 sections), d. timirn, of the regulations of rain-water in similar cases (10 sec- tions), e. b2::"J ^73, of cases where eatables, although they have become wet, do not change (11 sections). /. np"^n, of the seven liquors, their variety; and of such liquors as at the same time make clean and unclean, or not (8 sections).
60. S'^UT, Zahim, or bodily fluxes that cause pollution, in five chapters: a. nxTHtl, of computing this unclean- ness (6 sections), h. "XTlU'^Ta b^n, of examining whether such an issue is not enforced (4 sections), c. iTil, and d. "'.U'lITi "'—"I, of the power and different motions towards pollution (3 and 7 sections), e. "311il, comparison of divers pollutions and what makes the heave-offering unclean (12 sections).
61. CI"' P12;3, Tibbid I'om, or baptism on the day of un- cleanness (Lev. xxii, C), in four chapters: a. D33T;n,when cakes of bread, grain, and seeds become unclean, or remalji
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clean through the touch of a tibhul yom (5 sections), b. npTU'O, how far the dampness of a tibbul yom is not lobe Heated as strictly as that of other unclean things ; how the union of unwashed hands with those of a tibbul yoin are to be discerned ; how the uncleanness through a tibbul yom differs from another uncleanness iu all kinds of boil- ed things and vessels of wine (S sections), c. m"^ 53, of the chibbiir, or connection of the parts and the whole concerning the uncleanness through a tibbul yom in frnits, eggs, herbs, boiled things, and eatables of all kinds (6 sec- tions), d. "lUJl'^a bziX, the same in separating the lieave-offering, cakes, etc., according to older more lenient and recent more strict laws (7 sections).