Tractate Berakhot
Mishnah Berakhot is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim. It sets out the laws of the Shema, the Amidah, and the blessings recited over food and daily life. Spread across 9 chapters and 57 mishnayot, it is the only tractate in Seder Zeraim with a Gemara in the Babylonian Talmud.
Berakhot - Chapter 1 Chapter 1: the times for reciting the evening and morning Shema, set by Temple and nature-based markers rather than the clock.
Berakhot - Chapter 2 Chapter 2: the postures allowed for reciting the Shema (standing, sitting, walking) and how social context affects this reading.
Berakhot - Chapter 3 Chapter 3: the purity conditions required for the Shema, and the exemptions granted to mourners, women, slaves and minors.
Berakhot - Chapter 4 Chapter 4: the rules and times of the Amidah, the central prayer recited standing three times a day.
Berakhot - Chapter 5 Chapter 5: the concentration required during prayer, and the blessing formulas that frame it.
Berakhot - Chapter 6 Chapter 6: the blessings recited before eating bread, fruit and other foods.
Berakhot - Chapter 7 Chapter 7: the rules of zimun, the formal invitation to jointly recite Birkat Hamazon after a group meal.
Berakhot - Chapter 8 Chapter 8: the disputes between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel over the order of actions and blessings during a meal.
Berakhot - Chapter 9 Chapter 9: blessings for specific occasions — holy places, natural phenomena, life milestones and deliverance from danger.
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