Moed Qatan (Mishnah)
Moed Qatan / מועד קטן ( Eng . "Small holiday" or "half holiday") is a treatise of the Mishnah in the order Mo'ed (festival times, holiday) .
The name Moed Qatan reflects the Babylonian tradition. In the Eretz-Jisra'elischen manuscript tradition the treatise is named after its initial word משקין (mashqin). In the first edition and in all traditional editions it is in 11th position in the II order Moed (מועד) before the Chagiga treatise . In the manuscripts, however, it is the last treatise of the order after Chagiga.
The three chapters of the treatise deal primarily with the question of which activities are permitted on half-holidays. The days between the first and the seventh day of the Feast of Passover and the first and the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles are considered half-holidays , provided they do not fall on a Sabbath . The Tanach did not order any more precise orders for these days, so that there was a need for clarification under religious law. The regulations affect both the economy (irrigation, road construction, wine and olive oil production) and the private sector (haircutting, marriage, funeral rites).
As usual, the treatise and the order (see above) are concluded with a short midrash with an eschatological outlook.
The treatise contains the few poetic texts that the Talmudim have handed down to us as a rarity: various mourning songs of a profane nature.
The rabbis most often mentioned are Rabbi Jehuda and Rabbi Josse .
literature
- Michael Krupp (Ed.): The Mishnah. 2nd order. Mo'ed - festival times. Part 2, 11: Ralf Kübler: Moed Qatan - Half Holidays. Lee Achim Sefarim, Jerusalem 2003, ISBN 965-7221-16-1 .
- Eugen Ludwig Rapp: Mo'ed qatan (half-holidays). Text, translation and explanation. In addition to a text-critical appendix. Töpelmann, Giessen 1931.