Six Orders of the Talmud
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division of the Mishnah
division of the Talmud
order of the Mishnah
rabbinic literature classification
The Six Orders of the Talmud are the primary divisions of the Mishnah and Talmud, organizing Jewish oral law into six broad thematic categories that structure rabbinic legal and ethical discourse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Six Orders of the Mishnah | 1 |
| Six Orders of the Talmud canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Six Orders of the Talmud Context triple: [Seder Nezikin, partOf, Six Orders of the Talmud]
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A.
Das Wesen des Judentums
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B.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
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C.
Tales of the Hasidim
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D.
Die Autonomie der Rabbinen
Die Autonomie der Rabbinen is a 19th-century work by reform rabbi Samuel Holdheim that critically examines traditional rabbinic authority and advocates for modernizing Jewish law and practice.
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E.
Torah from Heaven
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Six Orders of the Talmud Target entity description: The Six Orders of the Talmud are the primary divisions of the Mishnah and Talmud, organizing Jewish oral law into six broad thematic categories that structure rabbinic legal and ethical discourse.
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A.
Das Wesen des Judentums
Das Wesen des Judentums is a seminal 19th-century work by Abraham Geiger that articulates a liberal, reform-oriented understanding of Judaism in the modern world.
-
B.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
-
C.
Tales of the Hasidim
Tales of the Hasidim is Martin Buber’s influential collection of stories and legends from the Hasidic Jewish tradition, highlighting its spiritual teachings and charismatic leaders.
-
D.
Die Autonomie der Rabbinen
Die Autonomie der Rabbinen is a 19th-century work by reform rabbi Samuel Holdheim that critically examines traditional rabbinic authority and advocates for modernizing Jewish law and practice.
-
E.
Torah from Heaven
Torah from Heaven is the Jewish theological doctrine that the Torah is of divine origin and revelation, rather than a purely human creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of the Mishnah
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division of the Talmud ⓘ order of the Mishnah ⓘ rabbinic literature classification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shas
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Shisha Sidrei Mishnah ⓘ |
| appliesTo | halakha ⓘ |
| basisFor | Talmudic tractate arrangement ⓘ |
| centralTextFor | yeshiva study ⓘ |
| follows | topical organization ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfParts | 6 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kodashim
ⓘ
Moed ⓘ Nashim ⓘ Nezikin ⓘ Tohorot ⓘ Zeraim ⓘ |
| hasThematicScope |
agricultural law
ⓘ
civil and criminal law ⓘ family and marital law ⓘ festival and Sabbath law ⓘ purity and impurity law ⓘ sacrificial and Temple law ⓘ |
| influenced | later halakhic codes ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ |
| organizes | Jewish oral law ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mishnah
ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
Sabbath laws
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Temple service ⓘ agricultural laws ⓘ blessings and prayers ⓘ civil and criminal procedure ⓘ damages and torts ⓘ divorce law ⓘ festival laws ⓘ laws of impurity ⓘ marriage law ⓘ ritual purity ⓘ sacrifices ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tannaitic era ⓘ |
| tradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
rabbinic ethical discourse
ⓘ
rabbinic legal discourse ⓘ |
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Subject: Six Orders of the Talmud Description of subject: The Six Orders of the Talmud are the primary divisions of the Mishnah and Talmud, organizing Jewish oral law into six broad thematic categories that structure rabbinic legal and ethical discourse.
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