Synopsis of Subjects
CHAPTER I.
MISHNA I. What is meant by Or? The explanation of the phrase(Job xiv. 14),
"with the earliest light." At no time should a man allow an ill sounding
word to escape from his mouth. What the two disciples of Rabh and R.
Johanan b. Zakkai said: Go and report it to the horses. If a house was
rented and it is not known whether the leavened bread had been searched
for. If a man leave his house and intend to return on the Pass over.
Two things are without the province of man. If musty bread was found
in a chest. By what light search for leavened bread must be made. Whether
wine-cellars have to be searched,
MISHNAS II., III., IV., V. If a man leaves ten pieces of bread and finds nine,
or nine heaps of Matzoth, and one heap of Chometz, and finds ten. When
search for Chometz must be made. The reason why Chometz must be removed
on the fourteenth of Nissan. If a Gentile came into the court of an
Israelite on Passover. Of the Gentile who stored a basketful of Chometz
with Johanan Hakuka. The two thanksgiving-offering cakes laid on the
benches. What R. Hanina the Sagan of the priests said. If there were
doubtful beverages,
CHAPTER II.
MISHNA I. What one may do as long as it is lawful to eat unleavened bread.
Why the Mishna enumerates domestic and wild animals. Whence we know
that no benefit may be derived from leaven on Passover. Wherever it
is written, "Ye shall not eat," the object in question must not even
be used. By means of what a man is permitted to cure himself when in
danger. A man must rather permit himself to be slain than to slay another.
According to whom the Halakha prevails when Rabbi differs with an individual
or tile Majority,
MISHNAS II., III., IV., V., VI. Concerning leaven belonging to a Gentile. Whether
a man may eat the leaven of a Gentile. Whether earthenware pots used
during the year must be destroyed before Passover. About an oven greased
with fat immediately after it had been heated. If a Gentile lent money
to an Israelite, taking as security leavened articles, and vice versa.
About leaven covered by ruins. About leavened heave-offering. Whether
leavened articles have a pecuniary value on Passover. With which articles
a person acquits himself of the duty of eating unleavened bread on Passover.
Whether one can acquit himself of the duty with bread kneaded with wine,
oil, or honey. What is meant by bread of affliction. Why it is not allowed
to prepare figured cakes on Passover,
MISHNAS VII. to IX. The duty of eating bitter herbs on the Passover. Whether
lettuce is to be preferred to other bitter herbs. About soaking bran
on Passover to feed fowls. Where the mother of Mar b. Rabhina bought
her wheat for her son. Whether it is lawful to put flour into sauce
or mustard. Whether it is lawful to cook the paschal lamb after it has
been roasted. With which kind of water may a woman knead the dough,
CHAPTER III.
MISHNAS I. to V. Whether Babylonian Kuthach, Median beer, etc., may be used
on Passover. About the paste used by scribes. Whether women are held
to be equal to men in regard to prohibitory laws. About dough in the
holes or crevices of a kneading-trough. About dull dough. How the first
of the dough due to the priest can be separated on the Passover. About
the three women who may knead dough for Passover,
MISHNAS VI., VII., VIII. About dough which commences to become leavened. If
the fourteenth of Nissan fall on the Sabbath, what must be done. When
one going to fulfil a religious duty on the eve of Passover recollects
that he has Chometz left at home. In which case may a scholar enjoy
his meal. For what meritorious purpose a man should sell all his possessions.
What R. Aqiba said about a scholar when he was ignorant. What sentiment
a man who occupies himself with study of the law evokes in the heart
of a common person. Why it is written that the Lord will be one and
His name will be one on that day, and not at present,
CHAPTER IV.
MISHNAS I., II., III., IV. How a man should conduct himself who removes
from a place where a thing is allowed to a place where it is not allowed,
or vice versa. If one depends on the earnings of his wife. Those
who write scrolls, etc., or sell them, etc., do not perceive any blessing
for their work. What Rabba bar bar Hana said to his son. What R.
Johanan b. Elazar related. May we, being versed in the calendar, do
work on the second day of a festival in exile? Whether roasted meat
may be eaten on the night of Passover. What justified Hananiah, Mishaël,
and Azariah to permit themselves to be thrown into the fiery furnace.
When the fire of Gehenna was created. In what respect every man should
consider himself a scholar. What it is permitted to do on the eve and
intermediate days of a festival. What are the six things done by the
inhabitants of Jericho and King Hezekiah, and which met with the rabbis'
approval. Four shouts sent up in
the court of the Temple. What happened to Issachar, the man of the village
of Barkai,
CHAPTER V.
MISHNAS I., II., III., IV., V. The time of offering the paschal lamb.
If the Passover-sacrifice had not been slaughtered for its purpose.
If the paschal lamb was slaughtered for those who will not partake thereof
The inhabitants of what places must not be taught the contents of the
book of ancestry. Since the book of ancestry was concealed, the power
of our sages was on the wane, etc. If a man offers the Passover-sacrifice
while still having leaven in his possession. For how many divisions
the paschal lamb was offered, etc.,
CHAPTER VI.
MISHNA I. 'Which acts necessary for the sacrifice of the paschal offering supersede
Sabbath. How Hiellel the Elder became Nassi, and what happened subsequently.
What befalls him who is arrogant, and him who becomes angry. In the
future the righteous would have the power to arouse the dead. How pleasing
the fulfilment of a religious duty at its proper time was to our ancestors,
MISHNAS II., III. Under what circumstances it is allowed to bring a festal
offering in addition to the paschal sacrifice. What is meant by Abhin
Thekla? (See note.) If a person brought a paschal sacrifice on the Sabbath
not for its proper purpose. What R. Hyya of Abel Arab declared,
CHAPTER VII.
MISHNAS I., II., III., IV., V. How the paschal lamb should be roasted. About
diluted vinegar, whether it may be used. If any part of the roasted
lamb had touched the earthenware oven on which it was roasted. The five
kinds of sacrifices that may be brought by those who are in a state
of ritual uncleanness. If the flesh of the paschal sacrifice has become
ritually defiled. If the whole or the greater part of the congregation
had become defiled. If one half of the congregation be clean, and the
other half unclean,
MISHNAS VI., VII., VIII., IX., X. For what defilements the golden plate of
the high-priest atones. When, and with which wood, must the Iamb be
burned, if defiled. If a slaughtered Passover-sacrifice had been carried
beyond the walls of Jerusalem. When the bones, sinews, etc., must be
burned. Which part of the paschal kid or lamb may be eaten,
MISHNAS XI., XII., XIII. What penalty is due for breaking any bones of the
clean paschal lamb. If a part of a member of the paschal sacrifice protrude
beyond the Temple, etc. If two companies eat their paschal sacrifice
in one room, and if there is among them a bride, what they and she must
do. What was said and done when R. Ishmael b. R. Jose happened to be
a guest of R. Simeon b. R. Jose b. Lakunia,
CHAPTER VIII.
MISHNAS I., II., III., IV., V. If two paschal lambs were slaughtered
for a lying-in woman by her relatives. The Hagadic explanation of the
verses in Solomon's Song viii. 8,
and viii. 10, etc. The legend of what the Holy One, blessed be He, said
to Prophet Hosea, what he answered Him, and what befell subsequently.
Woe is to a dominion that overwhelms its own master. For what purpose
Israel was sent into exile. The reason why the Romans did not destroy
all Israelites. Why Israel was exiled to Babylon. The day on which all
the children of Israel will be recalled from exile will be as great
as that on which the world was created. If a person order his slave
to go and slaughter for him the paschal sacrifice. If a man say to his
sons, I slaughter the paschal sacrifice for whichever one of you shall
arrive first in Jerusalem. The size of an olive of the paschal lamb
suffices for those who partake of it. If a person had appointed others
to partake with him of his share,
MISHNAS VI., VII., VIII., IX. Whether one whose seventh day of sprinkling fall
on the eve of Passover may partake of the paschal lamb. A mourner who
has lost a relative on the 14th of Nissan. A prisoner who has the assurance
of a release. Whether the paschal sacrifice must be slaughtered for
a single individual. Whether a mourner for a near relative, not yet
interred, may eat of the paschal sacrifice. When a Gentile proselyte
may partake of it,
CHAPTER IX.
MISHNAS I., II., III. Who must observe the second Passover. Must a woman bring
a second Passover-offering? Concerning neglecting to sacrifice. What
must be considered a distant journey? How much the entire world measures,
What the disciples of Elijah taught. The difference between the sages
of Israel and of the Gentiles. The difference between the first and
second Passover. Concerning the Hallel at the slaughtering of sacrifices,
MISHNAS IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX. When the paschal sacrifice was brought
in a state of defilement. Was it prohibited at the Egyptian Passover
to eat leaven on that one night? What R. Jehoshua heard from his teachers
and could not explain, R. Aqiba explained. When the animal must be left
to graze. If a paschal sacrifice had become mixed with other animals.
If a company has lost their paschal sacrifice. When a paschal offering
of two individuals has become mixed,
CHAPTER X.
MISHNA I. When and what must be eaten on the eve of Passover, and how
many cups of wine must be partaken during the night. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel,
R. Jehudah, R. Jose were partaking a meal on the eve of Sabbath in the
city of Achu. Once Rabba b. R. Huna came to the house of the Exilarch.
Whether one who has heard the Kiddush in the synagogue must repeat it
at home. If Sabbath had set during the course of a meal at which a company
were sitting. Concerning the order of the benedictions. Concerning the
holiday prayers, what must be said. What should be the conclusion of
the Habdalah. How R. Itz'hak sent his son to Ula, and his answer. Whether
the honor of the Sabbath is more important than that of the eve preceding
it. The eight things about the Habdalah prayer. How R. Ashi recited
the great Kiddush when he came to
Mehuzza. If one had thoughtlessly eaten before Kiddush or Habdalah,
may he say these prayers? May the Kiddush be made over beer? What is
meant by the time of Min'hah, and when King Agrippa usually took his
meal. Whether women must also drink the four cups. What taste and color
must the wine have. It is the duty of every man to cause his household
and his children to rejoice on a festival. About the even numbers (see
note, p. 229). The seven things R. Aqiba commanded his son R. Jehoshua.
The five things R. Aqiba, while in prison, commanded R. Simeon b. Jochai.
The four things our holy Rabbi commanded his children. The three things
R. Jose b. R. Jehudah commanded Rabbi. Why a man should not go out alone
at night. What Rabbi said to Aibo, his son. The three things R. Jehoshua
b. Levi said in the name of the great men of Jerusalem. Three kinds
of men shall inherit the world to come. How R. Hanina and R. Oshiya
made shoes for the prostitutes. The three kinds of men whom the Holy
One, blessed be He, loves. The three kinds of men who do not live a
life worth living. The three species who hate others of their own kind.
The three kinds of beings who love others of their kind. Five things
which Canaan commanded his children. Six things said of a horse,
MISHNAS II., III., IV., V. When the first cup is poured out. Herbs and vegetables
are to be brought. The benediction of the bitter herbs. Why the bitter
herbs should not be placed between unleavened cakes. If a man swallowed
unleavened bread. When the table on which the food is served should
be removed. What serves as a remembrance of the apple-trees. A second
cup of wine is poured out. What Rabbon Gamaliel used to say, "Hallelujah."
How far is the Hallel to be said? Why a blind man is exempt from the
recital of the Haggada. With ten different expressions of praise the
entire Book of Psalms was composed. Who said the Hallel? What the Karaites
add to these verses, Is Hallelujah the beginning or the end of the chapters?
What Rabba discovered that the sages of Pumbaditha once proclaimed,
MISHNAS VI., VII., VIII. A third cup of wine is poured out. Why is
this called the great Hallel? The laboriousness of a man's earning his
daily bread. Why the small Hallel must be recited at the Passover-meal.
What occurred when Nebuchadnezzar threw Hananiah, Mishaël, and
Azariah into the furnace. Who said: "The truth of the Lord endureth
for ever"? What R. Ishmael sent to Rabbi in the name of his father.
Who will get the cup of benediction. Is it unlawful to conclude the
eating of the paschal sacrifice with a dessert? Is it obligatory to
eat Matzoth during all the seven days? If any of the company fall asleep
during the meal. About the blessing of the paschal and festal offerings.
R. Simlai at the redemption of a first-born son,
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