Tractate Moed Katan

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Talmud tractate tractate of the Babylonian Talmud tractate of the Jerusalem Talmud tractate of the Mishnah

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tractate Moed Katan canonical	1
מסכת מועד קטן (בבלי)	1
מסכת מועד קטן (ירושלמי)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736401 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tractate Moed Katan
Context triple: [Seder Moed, hasComponent, Tractate Moed Katan]

A. 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.
B. Tractate Yoma
Tractate Yoma is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws, rituals, and themes of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.
C. Tractate Taanit
Tractate Taanit is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with public fasts, communal prayer, and responses to drought and other calamities.
D. Tractate Shabbat
Tractate Shabbat is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that systematically discusses the laws and observance of the Jewish Sabbath, including prohibited labors and related practices.
E. Tractate Megillah
Tractate Megillah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that primarily discusses the public reading of the Book of Esther on Purim, as well as laws of synagogues, Torah reading, and sanctity of cities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tractate Moed Katan
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. Tractate Yoma
Tractate Yoma is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws, rituals, and themes of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.
C. Tractate Taanit
Tractate Taanit is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with public fasts, communal prayer, and responses to drought and other calamities.
D. Tractate Shabbat
Tractate Shabbat is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that systematically discusses the laws and observance of the Jewish Sabbath, including prohibited labors and related practices.
E. Tractate Megillah
Tractate Megillah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that primarily discusses the public reading of the Book of Esther on Purim, as well as laws of synagogues, Torah reading, and sanctity of cities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Talmud tractate ⓘ tractate of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ tractate of the Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ tractate of the Mishnah ⓘ
alsoDiscusses	laws of aveilut ⓘ laws of certain types of labor on Chol HaMoed ⓘ laws of excommunication ⓘ laws of haircuts on Chol HaMoed ⓘ laws of laundering on Chol HaMoed ⓘ laws of mourning ⓘ laws of private mourning practices ⓘ laws of public mourning practices ⓘ laws of shiva ⓘ laws of shloshim ⓘ laws of tearing garments in mourning (keriah) ⓘ laws of writing on Chol HaMoed ⓘ
codifies	rabbinic laws of Chol HaMoed ⓘ rabbinic laws of mourning ⓘ
hasApproximateDafCount	29 dapim in the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
hasChapter	First chapter of Moed Katan ⓘ Second chapter of Moed Katan ⓘ Third chapter of Moed Katan ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy	Maharsha ⓘ Pnei Yehoshua ⓘ Ramban ⓘ linked to: Nachmanides (Ramban) Ran ⓘ Rashi ⓘ Ritva ⓘ Tosafot ⓘ linked to: Baalei Tosafot
hasHalachicFocus	balancing joy of festivals with necessary work ⓘ balancing public mourning with communal needs ⓘ
hasHebrewName	מועד קטן ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning	Small Festival ⓘ
hasNumberOfChapters	3 ⓘ
hasOpeningWord	Mashkin ⓘ
influenced	Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim (laws of Chol HaMoed) ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah (laws of mourning) ⓘ linked to: Hilchot Avelut in Shulchan Aruch
isStudiedIn	kollelim ⓘ yeshivot ⓘ
language	Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ Talmudic Aramaic ⓘ linked to: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
partOf	Order Moed ⓘ linked to: Moed
primarySubject	agricultural work and other activities on Chol HaMoed ⓘ laws of Chol HaMoed ⓘ laws of intermediate festival days ⓘ laws of mourning and excommunication ⓘ permitted and forbidden labors on Chol HaMoed ⓘ
traditionAttributesGemaraTo	Amoraim ⓘ
traditionAttributesMishnahTo	Tannaim ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seder Moed → hasComponent → Tractate Moed Katan ⓘ

מסכת מועד קטן → isRelatedTo → מסכת מועד קטן (בבלי) ⓘ

linked to: Tractate Moed Katan

מסכת מועד קטן → isRelatedTo → מסכת מועד קטן (ירושלמי) ⓘ