Mo'ed Katan

Moed Qatan / מועד קטן (Eng. "little holiday " or " half holiday " ) is a treatise of the Mishnah in order Mo'ed ( feasts, feast day ).

The name Moed Qatan are the Babylonian tradition. In the eretz - jisra'elischen manuscript tradition of the treatise is named after its opening word משקין ( mashqin ). In the first edition, and all the traditional issues he stands in 11th place in the second-order Moed ( מועד ) before the treatise Chagiga. In the manuscripts, however, he is after Chagiga the last treatise of order.

The three chapters of the treatise mainly dealing with the question of what activities are allowed on half holidays. As a semi-festive days the days between the first and seventh day of Passover and the first and the eighth day of Sukkot apply, provided they do not fall on the Sabbath. The Tanakh has no detailed arrangements for these days has so religion statutory Clarification has been requested. The regulations affect both the economy (irrigation, roads, wine and olive oil production ) as well as the private sector (hair cutting, marriage, funeral rites ).

The conclusion of the treaty and the Regulations ( see above) is, as usual, a short Midrash with an eschatological perspective.

The treatise contains a rarity than the few poetic texts that have come down to us the Talmuds: various dirges profane nature.

The most frequently mentioned are rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Josse.