Festival Tracts (Part III‪)‬

An eye-opener! Rodkinson translates the myriad rules in Tracts Betzh, Succah, Moed Katan, Taanith, Megilla and Ebel Rabbathi or Semahoth! Betzah deals with cooking, fishing, hunting and related feast-day activities. Succah describes the Festival of Tabernacles, in particular the construction and use of the booth or Succah. Moed Katan’s miscellaneous laws on minor festivals include acceptable activities during intercalendary periods. Taanith focuses on rains and folktales on rainmaking Rabbis! The public reading of the book of Esther during Purim occurs in Megilla. Ebel Rabbath records mourning and funerary regulations.