Mishneh Torah - The Books and Sections

The Books and Sections

1. HaMadda' (Knowledge):
   1. Yesodei ha-Torah: Belief in God and other Jewish principles of faith
   2. De'ot: general proper behavior
   3. Talmud Torah: see Torah study
   4. Avodah Zarah: the prohibition against idolatry
   5. Teshuvah: the law and philosophy of repentance
2. Ahavah (Love): the precepts which must be observed at all times if the love due to God is to be remembered continually (prayer, tefillin).
3. Zemanim (Times):
   1. Shabbat
   2. Eruvin, a Rabbinic device that facilitates Sabbath observance
   3. Yom Tov: prohibitions on major Jewish holidays that are different from the prohibitions of Sabbath
   4. Shevitat `Asor: laws of Yom Kippur, except for the Temple service (see Avodat Yom ha-Kippurim, below)
   5. Hametz u-Matza: see Passover
   6. Shofar ve-Lulav ve-Sukkah: see Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot
   7. Hanukah u-Megillah: see Hanukkah and Purim
4. Nashim (Women):
   1. Ishut: laws of marriage, including kiddushin and the ketubah
   2. Geirushin: laws of divorce
   3. Yibum va-Chalitzah: laws of levirate marriage
   4. Na'arah Betulah: the law of a man who seduces or rapes an unmarried woman
   5. Sotah laws concerning a woman suspected of infidelity
5. Kedushah (Holiness)
   1. Issurei Biah: forbidden sexual relations, including niddah, incest and adultery. Since intermarriage with non-Jews is forbidden, the laws of conversion to Judaism are also included.
   2. Ma'akhalot Assurot: laws of forbidden foods (see kashrut)
   3. Shechitah: laws of ritual slaughter
6. Hafla'ah (Separation): laws of vows and oaths
   1. Shevuot: Laws of vows (to refrain from doing an action)
   2. Nedarim: Laws of oaths (to do an action)
   3. Nezirot: Laws of Nazirites
   4. Erachin: Laws of donations to the temple
7. Zera'im (Seeds): agricultural laws
   1. Kilayim: Laws of forbidden mixtures
   2. Aniyim: Laws of obligatory gifts to the poor
   3. Terumot: Laws of obligatory gifts to the priests
   4. Maaser: Laws of tithes
   5. Sheini: Laws of secondary tithes
   6. Bikurim: Laws of first fruit offerings
   7. Shemittah: Laws of the sabbatical year
8. Avodah (Divine Service): the laws of the Temple in Jerusalem
9. Korbanot (Offerings): laws for offerings in the Temple, excepting those of the whole community
10. Tohorah (Cleanness): the rules of ritual purity
11. Nezikin (Injuries): criminal and tort law
12. Kinyan (Acquisition): laws of the marketplace
13. Mishpatim (Rights): civil law
14. Shofetim (Judges): the laws relating legislators, the Sanhedrin, the king, and the judges. It also addresses the Noahide Laws and those pertaining to messianic times.