Kodashim
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:''This page is about Kodashim, a section of the mishnah. See [[Kedoshim (parsha)]] for the Torah portion by that name.
'''Kodashim''' or '''Kodoshim''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] קדשים, ''Holy Things'') is the fifth Order in the [[Mishna]] (also the [[Tosefta]] and [[Talmud]]). Of the six Orders of the Mishna, it is the third longest. Kodoshim deals largely with the religious service within the [[Temple in Jerusalem]], the ''[[Korbanot]]'' ("sacrificial offerings"), and other subjects considered or related to these "Holy Things".
Kodoshim consists of 11 [[tractate]]s:
#'''''[[Zevahim]]''''': (זבחים, "Sacrifices"); Deals with the procedure of animal and bird offerings.
#'''''[[Menahot]]''''': (מנחות, "Meal Offerings"); Deals with the various grain-based offerings in the Temple.
#'''''[[Chullin]]''''': (חולין, "Ordinary Things"); Deals with the laws of slaughter and meat consumption (ie animals used for every-day as opposed to sacred reasons).
#'''''[[Bekhorot]]''''': (בכורות, "Firstborn"); Deals with the sanctification and redemption of animal and human firstborns.
#'''''[[Arakhin]]''''': (ערכין, "Dedications"); Deals mainly with a person dedicating their value to the Temple or dedicating a field.
#'''''[[Temurah (Halacha)|Temurah]]''''': (תמורה, "Substitution"); Outlines the laws of what happens if an animal is substituted for an animal dedicated for a sacrifice.
#'''''[[Keritot]]''''': (כריתות, "Excisions"); Deals with the commandments for which the penalty is karet (spiritual excision) as well as the sacrifices associated with their (mostly unwitting) transgression.
#'''''[[Me'ilah]]''''': (מעילה, "Sacrilege"); Deals with the laws of restitution for the misappropriation of Temple property.
#'''''[[Tamid]]''''': (תמיד, "Always"); Outlines the procedure of the Tamid (daily sacrifice).
#'''''[[Middot (tractate)|Middot]]''''': (מידות, "Measurements"); Describes the measurements of the second Temple.
#'''''[[Kinnim]]''''': (קנים, "Nests"); Deals with the complex laws for situations where the mixing of bird-offerings occurred.
The traditional reasoning for the order of the tractates (according to [[Maimonides]]) is as follows:
*''Zevahim'' is first as it deals with the main physical "purpose" of the Temple - animal sacrifices.
*''Menahot'' continuing the subject of offerings is placed after according to the scriptural order and the status of meal-offerings as supplementary.
*After dealing with offerings to the Temple, ''Hullin'' follows, dealing with "secular offerings".
*''Bekhorot'', ''Arakhin'' and ''Temurah'' all discuss auxiliary laws of sanctity and follow the Scriptural order.
*''Keritot'' follows the prior elaboration of commandments as it largely discusses the offering for the transgression of certain commandments.
*''Me'ilah'' follows as it also deals with transgressions of sanctity, although of a lighter nature.
*After dealing with laws, two description tractates were added, ''Tamid'' discussing the daily sacrifice and ''Middot'' which overviews the whole [[Temple in Jerusalem]].
*Finally, ''Kinnim'' was placed last as its laws all deal with accidents and situations which very rarely occur.
There is a [[Gemara]] in the [[Talmud|Babylonian Talmud]] to the first 8 [[tractate]]s, and three chapters of ''Tamid''. Although the subject matter wasn't relevant to life in the Babylonian academies, the Gemara was included to follow the idea that the study of the laws of the Temple service is a substitute for the service itself. Also, the [[rabbi]]nic sages wanted to merit the rebuilding of the Temple by paying special attention to these laws. However, in the modern [[Daf Yomi]] cycle and in the printed editions of the Babylonian Talmud, the Mishnah for the last two tractates is added at the end, to "complete" the order.
==See also==
*[[Korban]]
*[[Kedoshim (parsha)]]
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