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Moed (Hebrew: ????) ("Festivals") is the second Order of the Mishnah

Mishnah

The Mishnah or Mishna is a major work of Rabbinic literature, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah....
, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta

Tosefta

The Tosefta is a secondary compilation of the Oral Torah from the period of the Mishnah....
and Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed consists of 12 tractates:

Shabbat
Shabbat (Talmud)

Shabbat is first tractate in the Order of Moed, of the Mishnah and Talmud. The tractate consists of 24 chapters.The tractate primarily deals with laws relating to the Shabbat, the weekly day of rest, and the activities prohibited on Shabbat and distinguishes between Biblical prohibitions and Rabbinic prohibitions....
: ("Sabbath") deals with the 39 prohibitions of "work" on the Shabbat
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
. 24 chapters.
Eruvin: ("Mixtures") deals with the Eruv
Eruv

A community Eruv refers to the legal aggregation or "mixture" under Halakha of separate parcels of property meeting certain requirements into a single parcel held in common by all the holders of the original parcels, which enables Jews who Shomer Shabbat to carry children and belongings anywhere within the jointly held property without trans...
or Sabbath-bound - a category of constructions/delineations that alter the domains of the Sabbath for carrying and travel.

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Moed (Hebrew: ????) ("Festivals") is the second Order of the Mishnah
Mishnah

The Mishnah or Mishna is a major work of Rabbinic literature, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah....
, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta
Tosefta

The Tosefta is a secondary compilation of the Oral Torah from the period of the Mishnah....
and Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed consists of 12 tractates:
1. Shabbat
  Shabbat (Talmud)
  
  Shabbat is first tractate in the Order of Moed, of the Mishnah and Talmud. The tractate consists of 24 chapters.The tractate primarily deals with laws relating to the Shabbat, the weekly day of rest, and the activities prohibited on Shabbat and distinguishes between Biblical prohibitions and Rabbinic prohibitions....
  : ("Sabbath") deals with the 39 prohibitions of "work" on the Shabbat
  Shabbat
  
  Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
  . 24 chapters.
2. Eruvin: ("Mixtures") deals with the Eruv
  Eruv
  
  A community Eruv refers to the legal aggregation or "mixture" under Halakha of separate parcels of property meeting certain requirements into a single parcel held in common by all the holders of the original parcels, which enables Jews who Shomer Shabbat to carry children and belongings anywhere within the jointly held property without trans...
  or Sabbath-bound - a category of constructions/delineations that alter the domains of the Sabbath for carrying and travel. 10 chapters.
3. Pesahim
  Pesahim
  
  Pesahim is the third tractate of Moed of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It is concerned mainly with the laws of the Jewish holiday Passover as well as the Passover lamb offering....
  : ("Passover
  Passover
  
  Passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Ancient Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from Judaism and slavery....
  Festivals") deals with the prescriptions regarding the Passover and the paschal sacrifice
  Korban Pesach
  
  Korban Pesach also known as the "Paschal Lamb" is the Korban that the Torah mandates to be brought on the eve of Passover, and eaten on the first night of the holiday with marror and matzo....
  . 10 chapters.
4. Shekalim: ("Shekels") deals with the collection of the half-Shekel
  Shekel
  
  Shekel, also rendered sheqel, refers to one of many ancient units of weight and currency. The first known usage is from Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement around 3000 BC....
  as well as the expenses and expenditure of the Temple
  Temple in Jerusalem
  
  The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
  . 8 chapters
5. Yoma
  Yoma
  
  Yoma is the fifth tractate of Moed of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It is concerned mainly with the laws of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, on which Jews atone for their sins from the previous year....
  : ("Day"); called also "Kippurim" or "Yom ha-Kippurim" ("Day of Atonement"); deals with the prescriptions Yom Kippur
  Yom Kippur
  
  Yom Kippur , also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are Atonement in Judaism and Repentance in Judaism....
  , especially the ceremony by the Kohen Gadol
  Kohen Gadol
  
  Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol is the title of wiktionary:High Priest of early Israelite religion and of Classical Age Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem....
  . 8 chapters.
6. Sukkah
  Sukkah (Talmud)
  
  Sukkah is a book of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the sixth volume in the Order of Moed. Sukkah deals primarily with laws relating to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot....
  : ("Booth"); deals with the festival of Sukkot
  Sukkot
  
  Sukkot , is a Hebrew Bible pilgrimage Jewish holiday that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . The holiday lasts seven days, including Chol Hamoed....
  (the Feast of Tabernacles) and the Sukkah
  Sukkah
  
  A sukkah is a temporary dwelling that Jews use during the holiday of Sukkot....
  itself. Also deals with the Four Species (Lulav
  Lulav
  
  The lulav is a closed frond of the date palm tree. It is one of the arba'ah minim used in the morning prayer services during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot....
  , Esrog, Hadas
  Hadas
  
  Hadas Hadas was established on 31 March, 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people that started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably is Jassem Mohalhel....
  , Aravah
  Aravah
  
  Aravah can refer to:*Arabah, a section of the Great Rift Valley on the border between Israel and Jordan, south of the Dead Sea and north of the Gulf of Aqaba....
  -- Palm branch, Citron, Myrtle, Willow) which are waved on Sukkot. 5 chapters.
7. 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.
8. Rosh Hashanah
  Rosh Hashanah (Talmud)
  
  Rosh Hashanah is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name....
  : (??? ????) ("New Year") deals chiefly with the regulation of the calendar by the new moon, and with the services of the festival of Rosh Hashanah
  Rosh Hashanah
  
  Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Judaism New Year." It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, as ordained in the Torah, in ....
  . 4 chapters.
9. Ta'anit
  Ta'anit (Talmud)
  
  Ta'anit or Taanis is a volume of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and both Talmuds. In Judaism these are the basic works of rabbinic literature....
  : ("Fasting") deals chiefly with the special fast-days in times of drought or other untoward occurrences. 4 chapters
10. Megillah
  Megillah (Talmud)
  
  Megillah is the tenth Talmud of Mishnah in the Order Moed. It and its Gemara deal with the laws of Purim and offers exegetical understandings to the Book of Esther....
  : ("Scroll") contains chiefly regulations and prescriptions regarding the reading of the scroll of Esther at Purim
  Purim
  
  Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman 's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible Book of Esther ....
  , and the reading of other passages from the Torah
  Torah
  
  The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....
  and Neviim in the synagogue. 4 chapters.
11. Mo'ed Katan
  Mo'ed Katan
  
  Mo'ed Katan is the eleventh tractate of Moed of the Mishnah and the Talmud. It is concerned with the laws of the days between the first and last days of Passover and Sukkot ....
  : (???? ???) ("Little Festival") deals with Chol HaMoed
  Chol HaMoed
  
  Chol HaMoed, a Hebrew language phrase which means "weekdays [of] the festival", refers to the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot. During Chol HaMoed the usual 39 categories of activity prohibited on Shabbat that apply to the Biblical Jewish holidays are relaxed, but not entirely eliminated....
  , the intermediate festival days of Pesach and Sukkot
  Sukkot
  
  Sukkot , is a Hebrew Bible pilgrimage Jewish holiday that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . The holiday lasts seven days, including Chol Hamoed....
  . 3 chapters.
12. Hagigah
  Hagigah
  
  Tractate Hagigah deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem. At the middle of the second chapter, the Talmud discusses topics of ritual purity....
  : ("Festival Offering") deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover
  Passover
  
  Passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Ancient Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from Judaism and slavery....
  , Shavuot
  Shavuot
  
  is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan . Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day Names of God in Judaism#In English gave the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai....
  , Sukkot
  Sukkot
  
  Sukkot , is a Hebrew Bible pilgrimage Jewish holiday that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . The holiday lasts seven days, including Chol Hamoed....
  ) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem
  Jerusalem
  
  Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
  . 3 chapters.
The Jerusalem Talmud
Jerusalem Talmud

The Jerusalem Talmud or Talmud Yerushalmi , often the Yerushalmi for short, is a collection of rabbi notes about the Jewish Oral law as detailed in the 2nd-century Mishnah....
has a Gemara
Gemara

The Gemara is the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah haNasi , the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
on each of the tractates, while in the Babylonian, only that on Shekalim is missing. However, in most printed editions of the Babylonian Talmud (as well as the Daf Yomi
Daf Yomi

Daf Yomi "page [of the] day" or "daily folio") is a daily regimen undertaken to study the Babylonian Talmud one folio each day. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud would be completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of seven and a half years....
cycle), the Jerusalem Gemara to Shekalim is included.

In the Babylonian Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
the treatises of the order Mo'ed are arranged as follows: Shabbat, 'Erubin, Pesachim, Beitzah, Hagigah, Mo'ed Katan, Rosh ha-Shanah, Ta'anit, Yoma, Sukkah, Sheqalim, Megillah; while the sequence in the Jerusalem Talmud is Shabbat, Eruvin, Pesachim, Yoma, Sheqalim, Sukkah, Rosh ha-Shanah, Beitzah, Ta'anit, Megillah, Hagigah, Mo'ed' Katan.

On the Festivals, some have the custom to learn the Tractate in this Order which details the laws of that respective festival. (e.g. they would learn Tractate Rosh Hashanah on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Judaism New Year." It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, as ordained in the Torah, in ....
).