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The minor tractates -LRB- Hebrew  : מסכתות קטנות , masechtot qetanot -RRB- are essays from the Tannaitic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Tannaitic. Tannaim. Mishnah. Mishnah. They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta , whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah .. Mishnah. Mishnah. Tosefta. Tosefta. The first eight or so contain much original material ; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud .. Talmud. Talmud. The Minor Tractates are normally printed at the end of Seder Nezikin in the Talmud .. Seder Nezikin. Nezikin. Talmud. Talmud. They include  :. Avot of Rabbi Natan -LRB- Hebrew  : אבות דרבי נתן -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Avot of Rabbi Natan. Avot of Rabbi Natan. The Schechter edition contains two different versions -LRB- version A has 41 chapters and version B has 48 -RRB- .. Schechter. Solomon Schechter. Soferim -LRB- Hebrew  : סופרים -- Scribes -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Soferim. Soferim ( Talmud ). This tractate appears in two different versions in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds .. Evel Rabbati -LRB- Hebrew  : אבל רבתי -- Elaboration on Mourning -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Evel Rabbati. Evel Rabbati. This tractate is about laws and customs pertaining to death and mourning , and is sometimes euphemistically called Semahot -LRB- `` joys '' -RRB- .. Kallah -LRB- Hebrew  : כלה -- Bride -RRB- -LRB- on engagement , marriage and co-habitation -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Kallah Rabbati -LRB- Hebrew  : כלה רבתי -- an elaboration of the above -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Derekh Eretz Rabbah -LRB- Hebrew  : דרך ארץ רבה -RRB- `` Derekh Eretz '' literally means `` the way of the world , '' which in this context refers to deportment , manners and behavior .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Derekh Eretz Rabbah. Derekh Eretz Rabbah. Derekh Eretz Zuta -LRB- Hebrew  : דרך ארץ זוטא -RRB- Addressed to scholars , this is a collection of maxims urging self-examination and modesty .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Derekh Eretz Zuta. Derekh Eretz Zuta. Pereq ha-Shalom -LRB- Hebrew  : פרק השלום -- Chapter of Peace -RRB- -LRB- on the ways of peace between people ; a final chapter to the above often listed separately -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Sefer Torah -LRB- regulations for writing Torah scrolls -RRB- .. Mezuzah -LRB- Hebrew  : מזוזה -- scroll affixed to the doorpost -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Mezuzah. Mezuzah. Tefillin -LRB- Hebrew  : תפילין -- phylacteries -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Tefillin. Tefillin. Tzitzit -LRB- Hebrew  : ציצית -- fringes -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Tzitzit. Tzitzit. Avadim -LRB- Hebrew  : עבדים -- slaves -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Gerim -LRB- Hebrew  : גרים -- conversion to Judaism -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Gerim. Gerim. conversion to Judaism. Ger Tzedek. Kutim -LRB- Hebrew  : כותים -- Samaritans -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew. There is also a lost tractate called `` Eretz Yisrael '' -LRB- about laws pertaining to the Land of Israel -RRB- .. Land of Israel. Land of Israel