Mesechtas Zavim

Masechet Zavim is the ninth tractate in the Order of Taharot and has only Mishnah and Tosefta.

The tractate discusses and details the laws of tumah (ritual impurity) of a zav and zavah (male and female with certain bodily discharges).

Chapters of the Tractate

1. HaRoeh - The duration of the "discharge" that defines a person as a zav.
2. HaKol Metamim - The types of people who can be considered zavim if they experience a discharge. The ways in which a zav makes objects impure by leaning on them.
3. HaZav - The ways in which a zav makes objects impure by moving them, even without touching them.
4. Rabbi Yehoshua - Continuation of the discussion from the previous chapter.
5. HaNogea - A concise summary of the fundamentals of the entire Order of Taharot: the primary sources of impurity, the ways in which they transmit impurity, and the chain of impurity that each one is capable of transmitting.