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Nashim (Hebrew: נשים "Women" or "Wives") is the third order of the Mishnah (also of the Tosefta and Talmud) containing family law. Of the six orders of the Mishnah, it is the shortest. Nashim consists of seven tractates:
- A Blueprint For An Ideal Society
- Yevamot
- Ketubot
- Nedarim
- Sotah
- Gittin
- The Relevance of Seder Nashim For Contemporary Jews
Nashim deconstructs the core values, rituals, and functions of human bonds and obligations. As a guidebook for the social categories and personal decisions bound to affect most members of the community, the text formulates a blueprint for relationships in the Mishnah’s ideal society. While Nashim presents values contemporary Jews may find sexist an...
Yibbum (pl. yevamot) is levirate marriage, necessitated by the plight of a woman whose husband dies without leaving a son as heir. Deuteronomy 25: 5-10 and Ruth 4 provide biblical examples of the conditions requiring yibbum and possible implementation of halitzah, a ritual whereby a brother of the deceased husband cancels his obligation to wed the ...
Grounded in the biblical edict concerning “money according to the marriage price of virgins” (Exodus 22:16), discussion of ketubotoutlines the content, manner of presentation, and ultimate fiscal value of the standard Jewish marriage contract. The tractate Ketubot offers essential information on women’s property and inheritance in the rabbinic worl...
As is true for all of the major subject matter of Nashim, nedarim (vows) and nezirut (the status of a nazir) have biblical roots. (A nazir is someone who voluntarily takes on lifelong renouncement of certain behaviors, including all contact with fruit of the vine or any ritual impurity, as well as renouncement of the cutting of hair.) “If a man mak...
In one of the most difficult texts of the Hebrew Bible, a priest sets a suspected adulteress “before the Lord” (Numbers 5: 18) for a trial by ordeal to determine her innocence or guilt. At its core, this difficult law conflicts with the rabbinic system, which maintains distinct antipathy for reliance on divine intervention in matters of human behav...
A get (pl. gittin) refers to a style of legal document employed both in divorce proceedings and in the release of slaves. Drawing on the biblical citation of gittin in the Hebrew Bible (Deuteronomy 24:1-4), the primary focus of the mishnaic discussion of gittinis proper composition and delivery of the document, not the emotional or social causes or...
Though the contemporary reader may be uncomfortable with the seder’s attempts to regulate human connections and obligations as well as the text’s male point of view–particularly with regard to the various societal roles of women–Nashim provides a fascinating window onto the rabbinic attempt to map the shifting ground between private life and commun...
Nashim. NASHIM (Heb. נָׂשִים; "Women"), third order of the Mishnah, according to the accepted order mentioned in the homily of *Simeon b. Lakish (Shab. 31a; according to the order given by Tanḥuma (Num. R. 13:15), it is the first). Nashim deals essentially with matrimonial law and with the laws governing the relations between husband ...
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GENERAL CHARACTER AND CONTENTS. [page xxvii] The name 'Nashim', 'Women', given to the third 'Order' of the Babylonian Talmud is of ancient origin. This 'Order' was so known in the early Talmudic period when it had been also aptly designated 'Hosen'1 'Strength'. As the 'Order' devoted to regulating the relations between husband and wife, its ...
Third order of the Talmud, treating of betrothal, marriage, divorce, and in general of all the relations of woman to man. It consists of seven "massektot" in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras, the order of which is not settled, varying with the views of codifiers and publishers.
By Torah.org | Series: The Basics of Torah | Level: Beginner. These are the individual tractates of Nashim, the third order of the Mishna. These descriptions are not meant as halachic decisions. Please consult an Orthodox Rabbi for specific information.
Seder Nashim. Yevamot. The mandated marriage of a widow to the brother of her childless husband and the alternative rite discharging that obligation. Ketubot. The marital contract (Ketubah) and obligations between husband and wife. Nedarim. Vows taken voluntarily, particularly those that forbid specific actions or objects. Nazir.
