Nashim

1. Yevamot deals with the Jewish law of yibbum and other topics such as the status of minors. It consists of 16 chapters.
2. Ketubot deals with the ketubah, as well as topics such as virginity, droit du seigneur and the obligations of a couple towards each other. It consists of 13 chapters.
3. Nedarim deals with various types of vows often known as nedarim and their legal consequences. It consists of 11 chapters.
4. Nazir deals with the details of the Nazirite vow and being a Nazirite. It consists of 9 chapters.
5. Sotah deals with the ritual of the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery as well as other rituals involving a spoken formula. It consists of nine chapters.
6. Gittin: deals with the concepts of divorces and other documents. It consists of 9 chapters.
7. Kiddushin: deals with the initial stage of marriage – betrothal, as well as the laws of Jewish lineages. It consists of 4 chapters.

   Order of tractates

• Yevamot is first because unlike the others, it is largely concerned with a compulsory commandment as opposed to a voluntary one.
• Ketubot follows as it signifies the beginning of married life.
• Nedarim follows because once a man is married to a woman, he has the legal right to annul her vows.
• Nazir, dealing with a special type of vow is a continuation on the subject of vows.
• The penultimate sections deal with the end of a marriage with Sotah which is concerned with infidelity and Gittin which is about actual divorce.
• Kiddushin is at the end because it follows the Scriptural order that once a woman is divorced, she can get betrothed to any man, this subsequent betrothal symbolised by the placement of Kiddushin.