Tractate (Talmud)

A tractate (Hebrew: מַסֶּכֶת‎ masekhet, Sephardic: [mɑːˈsɛxɛt], Ashkenazic: [mɑːˈsɛxɛs]; plural: מַסֶּכְתּוֹת‎ masekhtot) is an organizational element of Talmudic literature that systematically examines a subject.

A tractate/masekhet consists of chapters (perakim; singular: פרק perek).

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