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The Minor Tractates of the Talmud Massektoth Ketannoth (in 2 Volumes) Hardcover Soncino 1965
by Rev. Dr. Abraham Cohen
Avot D’Rabbi Natan
Avadim, Derekh Eretz Rabbah, Derekh Eretz Zuta
Gerim, Kallah, Kallah Rabbati, Kutim, Mezuzah, Semachot,
Soferim, Tefillin, Tzitzit

In addition to the 63 regular tractates of the Mishnah and Talmud, there are appended at the end of the fourth order, *Nezikin, 14 smaller or minor tractates which were first published together in their present format in the Romm-Vilna edition (1886). These tractates contain a wealth of legal and aggadic material. In manuscript and published form, these uncanonical treatises may also be found under different titles, arrangements, and order. Their appellation as minor or smaller tractates does not necessarily refer to their size, but rather to the fact that they were not canonized. *Avot de-Rabbi Nathan for instance consists of 41 chapters. *Soferim, Semaḥot (Evel Rabbati), and Kallah Rabbati are also of considerable length. The other main tractates are *Kallah, *Derekh Ereẓ Rabbah, and Derekh Ereẓ Zuta. For additional details see the articles on the individual tractates. Also included in this section, however, are seven more brief treaties which were compiled to give in a methodological form the rules of topics which were not dealt with in specific tractates of the Talmud. These are Gerim, about proselytes; Kutim, about Samaritans; Avadim, about Hebrew slaves via Encyclopedia