ears it
is uncircumcised; the fourth year it is holy to the Lord; the fifth year
it may be eaten.

11. "First Fruits" (Exod. xxiii. 19; Deut. xxvi. 1) treats of what fruits
were to be offered in the Temple, and in what manner; also of the baskets
in which they were to be carried.

Book II

The Order Of The Festivals:

1. "Sabbath" treats of the laws relating to the seventh day.

2. "Mixtures," or combinations, treats of the extension of boundaries,
whereby all the inhabitants of the court, or entry, where the mixture is
made, are counted as one family inhabiting one domicile; and are therefore
allowed to carry victuals from one house to another. It also treats of the
mixtures for a Sabbath day's journey, whereby the distance may be extended
for an additional 2,000 cubits.

3. "Passovers" treats of all rites and ceremonies relating to the Paschal
Lamb.

4. "Shekels" (Exod. xxx. 13) treats of the half shekel, which every Jew,
rich or poor, was obliged to pay every year to the daily sacrifice.

5. "Day of Atonement" treats of the solemnities peculiar to it.

6. "Tabernacles" teaches how they are to be built, and how to be used.

7. "The Egg Laid on a Festival" treats of the works which may or may not
be done on any of the festivals, which are called days of holy
convocation, on which no servile work may be done.

8. "New Year" treats of the laws and solemnities of the feast of the New
Year, as also of the feasts of the New Moons.

9. "Fasts" treats of the various fasts throughout the year.

10. "The Roll" treats of the feast of Purim, and gives instructions how
and in what manner the Book of Esther and other Lessons are to be read.
The Gemara directs Jews to get so drunk on this feast, that they cannot
discern the difference between "Blessed be Mordecai and cursed be Haman,"
and "Cursed be Mordecai and blessed be Haman."

11. "Minor Feasts" treats of the works that may and that may not be
lawfully done on the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th days, when the first and
seventh are holy; these intermediate days being lesser festivals.

12. "Sacrifices on Festivals" treats of the three great festivals, when
all the males were obliged to appear before the Lord, and of the
sacrifices which they were to bring. It also lays down rules for the
dissolution of vows, which it says "are like mountains hanging on a hair,
for the text is slender and the constitutions many."

Book III

On Women:

1. "Brother's Widow" (Deut.