Shevu'ot

Shevu'ot or Shevuot (Hebrew: שבועות, "Oaths") is a book of the Mishnah and Talmud.

The Mishnah to Shevu'ot contains eight chapters: The Tosefta to this treatise is divided into six chapters, and contains some interesting moral maxims, besides additions to the Mishnah.

Every crime is a denial of God; for the criminal who is about to commit the crime denies that God has forbidden all unjust and immoral deeds (3:6).

Both the Gemaras discuss and explain the contents of the Mishnah.

The Babylonian Gemara contains in addition some interesting teachings and comments, among them: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds.