Kodshim (קדשים, "Holy Things" in Hebrew) is the fifth order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six orders of the Mishna, it is the third longest. The order deals largely with the religious service within the Temple in Jerusalem, the Korbanot ("sacrificial offerings"), and other subjects considered related "Holy Things". Hebrew (עִבְרִית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... The Tosefta is a second compilation of oral law from the period of the Mishnah. ... Tractate Brachos, folio 2a The Talmud (תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions of Jewish law, ethics, customs, and stories, which are authoritative in Jewish tradition. ... The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Bet HaMikdash) was built in ancient Jerusalem in c. ... Korban (קרבן) (plural: Korbanot קרבנות) in Judaism, is commonly called a religious sacrifice or an offering in English, but is known as a Korban in Hebrew because its Hebrew root K [a] R [o] V (קרב) (or K [o] R [a] V) means to [come] Close (or Draw Near) [to...

Kodashim consists of 11 tractates: The lost key [The story from Middle East] One night a neighbor strolling by Nasrudins house found him outside under th street lamp brushing through the dust. ...

1. Zevahim: (זבחים, "Sacrifices"); Deals with the procedure of animal and bird offerings.
2. Menahot: (מנחות, "Meal Offerings"); Deals with the various grain-based offerings in the Temple.
3. Hullin: (חולין, "Profane Things"); Deals with the laws of slaughter and meat consumption (ie animals used for profane as opposed to sacred reasons).
4. Bekhorot: (בכורות, "Firstborn"); Deals with the sanctification and redemption of animal and human firstborns.
5. Arakhin: (ערכין, "Dedications"); Deals mainly with a person dedicating their value to the Temple or dedicating a field.
6. Temurah: (תמורה, "Substitution"); Outlines the laws of what happens if an animal is substituted for an animal dedicated for a sacrifice.
7. 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.
8. Me'ilah: (מעילה, "Sacrilege"); Deals with the laws of restitution for the misappropriation of Temple property.
9. Tamid: (תמיד, "Always"); Outlines the procedure of the Tamid (daily sacrifice).
10. Middot: (מידות, "Measurements"); Describes the measurements of the second Temple.
11. 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: Kodshim (קדשים, Holy Things in Hebrew) is the fifth order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). ... Temurah ( Hebrew: תמורה) in Halakha is the prohibition against attempting to switch the sanctity of an animal that has been sanctified for the Temple. ... Kinnim is a tractate in the Mishna and Talmud. ... Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ...

• 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 Babylonian Talmud to the first 8 tractates, 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 rabbinic 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. The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Bet HaMikdash) was built in ancient Jerusalem in c. ... The Gemara (גמרא - from gamar: Hebrew [to] complete; Aramaic [to] study) is a component of the Talmud, comprising the rabbinical commentaries and analysis on the Mishnah, undertaken in the Academies of Palestine and Babylon over a 300 year period to about 500. ... Tractate Brachos, folio 2a The Talmud (תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions of Jewish law, ethics, customs, and stories, which are authoritative in Jewish tradition. ... The lost key [The story from Middle East] One night a neighbor strolling by Nasrudins house found him outside under th street lamp brushing through the dust. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... Daf Yomi (Heb. ...

Kedoshim is also the name of the name of the 30th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading, the seventh in the book of Leviticus. In Jewish services, a Parsha or Parshah or Parashah, פרשה, meaning Portion in Hebrew, is the weekly Torah reading text selection. ... This article describes the Jewish religion; for a consideration of ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity refer to the article Jew. ... Torah reading (in Hebrew: Kriat HaTorah or Reading [of] the Torah) has followed a steady pattern for the past two thousand years following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and is still practiced by Orthodox Judaism and its adherents. ... Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, also the third book in the Torah (five books of Moses). ...

See also

• Korban
• Kedoshim (parsha)