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What (who) is tractate - definition
tractate
WRITTEN WORK DEALING FORMALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A SUBJECT
Tractates; Maseches
['trakte?t]
¦ noun formal a treatise.
Origin
C15: from L. tractatus, from tractare 'to handle'.
Tractate
WRITTEN WORK DEALING FORMALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A SUBJECT
Tractates; Maseches
·noun A treatise; a tract; an Essay.
Tractate
WRITTEN WORK DEALING FORMALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A SUBJECT
Tractates; Maseches
A tractate is a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject; the word derives from the Latin tractatus, meaning treatise.
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Tractate
A tractate is a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject; the word derives from the Latin tractatus, meaning treatise.
Examples of use of tractate
1. The Mishna in tractate Sanhedrin teaches that Peor was worshiped by defecating in front of him.
2. The Mishnah, in Tractate Yoma, describes the tremendous preparations that the high priest made, starting seven days before Yom Kippur.
3. By Shmuel Rosner WASHINGTON – "What is Hanukkah"? asks the famous Gemara tractate – and the question remains appropriate today.
4. The Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds mention her, and the Mishnaic tractate Yoma says she continued to donate lavishly to the poor and the Temple.
5. The Rosh Hashanah tractate quotes Rabbi Akiva convincing his friend, Rabbi Yehoshua, to abide by a ruling that Yehoshua opposed because each rabbinical ruling was equivalent to a ruling by Moses himself.