Moed ("Festivals") is the second Order of the
Mishnah (also the
Tosefta and
Talmud), Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed includes the following 12 treatises: Shabbat: ("Sabbath") deals with the 39 prohibitions of "work" on the
Shabbat. 24 chapters.Eruvin: ("Mixtures") deals with the
Eruv or Sabbath-bound - a category of constructions/deliniations that alter the domains of the Sabbath for carrying and travel. 10 chapters.
Pesahim: ("
Passover Festivals") deals with the prescriptions regarding the Passover and the paschal sacrifice. 10 chapters.Shekalim: ("Shekels") deals with the collection of the half-Shekel as well as the expenses and expenditure of the
Temple. 8 chapters
Yoma: ("Day"); called also "Kippurim" or "Yom ha-Kippurim" ("Day of Atonement"); deals with the prescriptions
Yom Kippur, especially the ceremony by the
Kohen Gadol. 8 chapters.
Sukkah: ("Booth"); deals with the festival of
Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) and the Sukkah itself. Also deals with the Four Species (Lulav, Esrog, Hadas, Aravah --
Palm branch, Citron, Myrtle, Willow) which are waved on Sukkot. 5 chapters.Betzah: ("Egg"); (So called from the first word, but originally termed, according to its subject, Yom Tov - "Holidays") deals chiefly with the rules to be observed on
Yom Tov. 5 chapters.
Rosh Hashanah: ("New Year") deals chiefly with the regulation of the calendar by the new moon, and with the services of the festival of
Rosh Hashanah. 4 chapters.
Ta'anit: ("Fasting") deals chiefly with the special fast-days in times of drought or other untoward occurrences. 4 chapters
Megillah: ("Scroll") contains chiefly regulations and prescriptions regarding the reading of the scroll of Esther at
Purim, and the reading of other passages from the
Torah and
Neviim in the synagogue. 4 chapters.
Mo'ed Katan: ("Little Festival") deals with
Chol HaMoed, the intermediate festival days of
Pesach and
Sukkot. 3 chapters.
Hagigah: ("Festival Offering") deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (
Passover,
Shavuot,
Sukkot) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem. 3 chapters.
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