Yoma

Joma / יומא (Eng. "the day " ) is a treatise of the Mishnah in order Mo'ed ( feasts, feast day ).

The term יומא is the Aramaic word for " day " in Hebrew היום, and called the Day of Atonement ( Yom Kippur or Yom Hakippurim ). Accordingly, is the headline in the old Mischnahandschriften מסכת ) כפורים ).

Theme of the treatise is the Day of Atonement according to Lev 16 During the first seven chapters deal with the expiration of the cult, the preparations of the high priest and the arrangements for the victims, the eighth chapter refers to provisions which also apply irrespective of the temple.

The treatise is in the old manuscripts of the fourth in the order Mo'ed before Scheqalim, which also has eight chapters. In the print editions of the treatise since the first edition in Naples in 1492 but is in fifth place.

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