Makkot
Sign in to savethumb|Engraving of makkot (1657) Makkot () is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the fifth volume of the order of Nezikin. Makkot deals primarily with laws of the beth din (halakhic courts) and the punishments which they may administer and may be regarded as a continuation of tractate Sanhedrin, of which it originally formed part.
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thumb|Engraving of makkot (1657) Makkot () is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the fifth volume of the order of Nezikin. Makkot deals primarily with laws of the beth din (halakhic courts) and the punishments which they may administer and may be regarded as a continuation of tractate Sanhedrin, of which it originally formed part.
In its scope of application are the topics of: False witnesses (edim zomemim); Exiles in a city of refuge (aray miklat); and The lashes administered by the beth din (makkot).
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