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Tractate Kilayim

Mishnah Kilayim, the fourth tractate of Seder Zeraim, brings together the mixtures forbidden by the Torah: crops, animals, and garments (shatnez). Spread across 9 chapters and 77 mishnayot, it too belongs to the tractates of Zeraim left without a Babylonian Gemara.

Start: Kilayim 1:1

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Kilayim – Chapter 1

Which plant species are considered close enough, or distinct enough, to be sown together or not.

Kilayim – Chapter 2

Sowing methods and the required distance between two different crops.

Kilayim – Chapter 3

The laws of forbidden mixture in a vegetable garden, based on the arrangement of rows.

Kilayim – Chapter 4

The laws of forbidden mixture in a vineyard, and the minimum space separating it from another crop.

Kilayim – Chapter 5

What defines a vineyard for the laws of kilayim, based on the number of vines and their arrangement.

Kilayim – Chapter 6

Distinctions between an old and a young vineyard, and the role of walls and fences.

Kilayim – Chapter 7

The case of a vineyard where grain was sown, and the consequences for both crops.

Kilayim – Chapter 8

The laws of forbidden crossbreeding of animals, and the ban on yoking two different species together.

Kilayim – Chapter 9

Shatnez, the forbidden mixture of wool and linen in a single garment.