Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin
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The Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin, is a rabbinic legal work that primarily discusses the laws of Jewish divorce documents (gittin) along with related civil and ethical issues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Babylonian Talmud Gittin | 1 |
| Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin Context triple: [Rav Huna, contributedTo, Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin]
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A.
Talmudic tractates Ketubot
Talmudic tractates Ketubot is a major section of the Babylonian Talmud that focuses on Jewish marriage law, including marital contracts, obligations, and financial arrangements between spouses.
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B.
Talmudic tractates Bava Batra
Talmudic tractates Bava Batra is a major section of the Babylonian Talmud that focuses on civil law, particularly property rights, inheritance, and commercial transactions.
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C.
Sefer Gerushin
Sefer Gerushin is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that records his spiritual practices and meditative experiences during a self-imposed exile.
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D.
Tractate Beitzah
Tractate Beitzah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws and regulations of Yom Tov (Jewish festivals), particularly concerning permitted and prohibited forms of labor.
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E.
Tractate Moed Katan
Tractate Moed Katan is a section of the Talmud that primarily discusses the laws of intermediate festival days (Chol HaMoed) and certain aspects of mourning practices.
- 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: Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin Target entity description: The Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin, is a rabbinic legal work that primarily discusses the laws of Jewish divorce documents (gittin) along with related civil and ethical issues.
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A.
Talmudic tractates Ketubot
Talmudic tractates Ketubot is a major section of the Babylonian Talmud that focuses on Jewish marriage law, including marital contracts, obligations, and financial arrangements between spouses.
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B.
Talmudic tractates Bava Batra
Talmudic tractates Bava Batra is a major section of the Babylonian Talmud that focuses on civil law, particularly property rights, inheritance, and commercial transactions.
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C.
Sefer Gerushin
Sefer Gerushin is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that records his spiritual practices and meditative experiences during a self-imposed exile.
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D.
Tractate Beitzah
Tractate Beitzah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws and regulations of Yom Tov (Jewish festivals), particularly concerning permitted and prohibited forms of labor.
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E.
Tractate Moed Katan
Tractate Moed Katan is a section of the Talmud that primarily discusses the laws of intermediate festival days (Chol HaMoed) and certain aspects of mourning practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Talmudic tractate
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rabbinic legal text ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Maharsha
ⓘ
Pnei Yehoshua ⓘ Ramban ⓘ
linked to:
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Ran ⓘ Rashi ⓘ Ritva ⓘ Tosafot ⓘ
linked to:
Baalei Tosafot
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| contains |
aggadic material
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discussions of sinat chinam (baseless hatred) ⓘ ethical teachings ⓘ historical narratives ⓘ stories about Kamtza and Bar Kamtza ⓘ stories about Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai ⓘ stories about the destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ stories about the fall of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| discusses |
agency (shlichut) in civil law
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agency in divorce ⓘ coercion in divorce ⓘ conditions in divorce documents ⓘ delivery of a get ⓘ invalid and doubtful gittin ⓘ laws of writing a get ⓘ ownership and transfer of documents ⓘ rabbinic decrees to protect debtors ⓘ rabbinic decrees to protect women ⓘ status of the divorced woman ⓘ witnesses to a get ⓘ |
| genre | halakhic discourse ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Gittin ⓘ |
| includes |
gemara on tractate Gittin
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mishnayot of tractate Gittin ⓘ |
| influences |
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Gerushin
ⓘ
linked to:
Mishneh Torah
Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer ⓘ
linked to:
Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch
|
| isParallelTo |
Jerusalem Talmud, tractate Gittin
ⓘ
linked to:
tractate Gittin
|
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalArea |
divorce law
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marriage law ⓘ |
| legalCategory | Seder Nashim ⓘ |
| partOf |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Bavli
|
| primarySubject |
Jewish divorce documents
ⓘ
gittin ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
| traditionAscribesAuthorshipTo | amoraim ⓘ |
| usedBy | halakhic decisors ⓘ |
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linked to: Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin