ZERA'IM ("Seeds"):

By: Executive Committee of the Editorial Board., Jacob Zallel Lauterbach

The first order of the Mishnah, containing eleven treatises: Berakot, Pe'ah, Demai, Kil'ayim, Shebi'it, Terumot, Ma'aserot, Ma'aser Sheni, Ḥallah, 'Orlah, and Bikkurim. With the exception of the first, all these treatises, as is implied by the name of the order, deal with the laws governing agriculture and farm products.

E. C. J. Z. L.