e it to his companion he commits a trespass,
but his companion commits none. If he give it to a bath-keeper he commits
a trespass though he does not bathe, because the bath-keeper says to him,
"See, the bath is open, go in and bathe."

9. "The Daily Sacrifice" treats of the morning and evening offerings.

10. "The Measurements" treats of the measurements of the Temple.

11. "Birds' Nests" treats of the mistakes about doves and beasts brought
into the Temple for sacrifice.

Book VI

On Purifications:

1. "Vessels" treats of those which convey uncleanness (Lev. xi. 33).

2. "Tents" (Num. xix. 14) treats of tents and houses retaining
uncleanness, how persons who enter them become unclean, and how they are
to be cleansed.

3. "Plagues of Leprosy" treats of leprosy of men, garments, or dwellings,
how their pollution is conveyed, and how they are to be purified.

4. "The Red Heifer" directs how she is to be burned, and how her ashes are
to be used in purifying.

5. "Purifications" teaches how purifications are to be effected.

6. "Pools of Water" (Num. xxxi. 23) treats of their construction, and the
quantity of water necessary for cleansing.

7. "Separation" of women.

8. "Liquors" that dispose seeds and fruits to receive pollution (Lev. xi.
38).

9. "Issues" that cause pollution.

10. "Baptism" on the day of uncleanness (Lev. xxii. 6).

11. "Hands" treats of the washing of hands before eating bread, though dry
fruits are allowed to be eaten without such washing.

12. "Stalks of Fruit which convey Uncleanness" treats of fruits growing
out of the earth, which have a stalk and no husk. They can be polluted and
can pollute, but may not be compounded with anything that was unclean
before. If they have neither stalks nor husks they neither can be polluted
nor can they pollute. It also treats of the hair and wool that grows on
some fruits, and the beards of barley, etc.

From the six books or "Orders" the Jews call the Babylon Talmud by the pet
name of "_Shas_" (six). The language in which it is written is Hebrew
intermingled with Aramaic, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, and Latin
words. The Gemara was first begun by Rabban Judah's two sons, Rabbi
Gamaliel and Rabbi Simeon. It was vigorously carried on by Rabbi Ashe in
Sura, a town on the Euphrates, from 365 A.D. to 425. He divided the Mishna
into its sixty-three treatises, and every half-year summoned his disciples
and assigned to them two fresh portions of t