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 is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... The Mishnah is the basic compilation of the Oral law of Judaism; it was written compile around 200 CE. The Tosefta is a second compilation of oral law from that period. ... The first page of the Talmud, in the standard Vilna edition. ... The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash בית המקדש in Hebrew) was built in ancient Jerusalem and was the center of Israelite and Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. ... 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:

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.

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• 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 auxillary 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 (Beit HaMikdash בית המקדש in Hebrew) was built in ancient Jerusalem and was the center of Israelite and Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. ... The Gemara are the Rabbinical commentaries and analysis on the Mishnah, undertaken in the Academies of Palestine and Babylon over a 300 year period to about 500. ... The first page of the Talmud, in the standard Vilna edition. ... brendan is gay ... Daf Yomi (Hebrew: page [of the] day or daily folio) is a daily regimen to study the entire Talmud one daf (i. ...

Kedoshim could also mean a holy martyr. The 6 million Jews are known as Kedoshim.

See also

• Korban

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...

External link

• Introduction to Seder Kodashim from the Soncino translation