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'''Moed''' ({{langx|he|מועד}}, "Festivals") is the second Order of the [[Mishnah]], the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the [[Tosefta]] and [[Talmud]]).  Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest.  The order of Moed consists of 12 tractates:

# ''[[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbat]]'' or ''Shabbath'' ({{Script/Hebrew|שבת}}) ("Sabbath") deals with the [[activities prohibited on Shabbat|39 prohibitions]] of "work" on the [[Shabbat]]. 24 chapters.
# ''[[Eruvin (Talmud)|Eruvin]]'' (ערובין) ("Mixtures") deals with the [[Eruv]] or Sabbath-bound - a category of constructions/delineations that alter the domains of the Sabbath for carrying and travel. 10 chapters.
# ''[[Pesahim]]'' (פסחים) ("[[Passover]] Festivals") deals with the prescriptions regarding the Passover and the [[Korban Pesach|paschal sacrifice]]. 10 chapters.
# ''[[Shekalim (Tractate)|Shekalim]]'' (שקלים) ("Shekels") deals with the collection of the [[Shekel#Collection of the half-Shekel|half-Shekel]] as well as the expenses and expenditure of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple]]. 8 chapters
# ''[[Yoma]]'' (יומא) ("The Day")—also called "Kippurim" or "Yom ha-Kippurim" ("Day of Atonement")—deals with the prescriptions [[Yom Kippur]], especially the ceremony by the [[Kohen Gadol]]. 8 chapters.
# ''[[Sukkah (Talmud)|Sukkah]]'' (סוכה) ("Booth") deals with the festival of [[Sukkot]] (the Feast of Tabernacles) and the [[Sukkah]] itself.  Also deals with the Four Species ([[Lulav]], [[Etrog]], [[Hadass]], [[Aravah (Sukkot)|Aravah]] — Palm branch, Citron, Myrtle, Willow) which are waved on Sukkot. 5 chapters.
# ''[[Beitza (Talmud)|Beitza]]'' (ביצה) ("Egg")—now named after its first word, but originally called ''Yom Tov'' ("Holidays")—deals chiefly with the rules to be observed on [[Jewish holidays|Yom Tov]]. 5 chapters.
# ''[[Rosh Hashanah (Talmud)|Rosh Hashanah]]'' (ראש השנה) ("New Year") deals chiefly with the regulation of the calendar by the new moon, and with the services of the festival of [[Rosh Hashanah]]. 4 chapters.
# ''[[Ta'anit (Talmud)|Ta'anit]]'' (תענית) ("Fasting") deals chiefly with the special fast-days in times of drought or other untoward occurrences. 4 chapters
# ''[[Megillah (Talmud)|Megillah]]'' (מגילה) ("Scroll") contains chiefly regulations and prescriptions regarding the reading of the [[scroll of Esther]] at [[Purim]], and the reading of other passages from the [[Torah]] and [[Neviim]] in the synagogue. 4 chapters.
# ''[[Mo'ed Katan]]'' (מועד קטן) ("Little Festival") deals with [[Chol HaMoed]], the intermediate festival days of [[Pesach]] and [[Sukkot]]. 3 chapters.
# ''[[Hagigah]]'' (חגיגה) ("Festival Offering") deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals ([[Passover]], [[Shavuot]], [[Sukkot]]) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in [[Jerusalem]]. 3 chapters.

The [[Jerusalem Talmud]] has a [[Gemara]] on each of the tractates, while in the [[Babylonian Talmud|Babylonian]], only that on Shekalim is missing. However, in most printed editions of the Babylonian Talmud (as well as the [[Daf Yomi]] cycle), the Jerusalem Gemara to Shekalim is included.

In the Babylonian [[Talmud]] the treatises of the order Mo'ed are arranged as follows: ''Shabbat, 'Erubin, Pesachim, Rosh ha-Shanah, Yoma, Sukkah, Beitzah, Hagigah, Mo'ed Katan,  Ta'anit, Megillah''; while the sequence in the Jerusalem Talmud is ''Shabbat, Eruvin, Pesachim, Yoma, Sheqalim, Sukkah, Rosh ha-Shanah, Beitzah, Ta'anit, Megillah, Hagigah, Mo'ed' Katan.''

On the Festivals, some have the custom to learn the Tractate in this Order which details the laws of that respective festival (e.g. one would learn Tractate Rosh Hashanah on the holiday of [[Rosh Hashanah]]).

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