Abbreviations for the Talmud and the Mishnah

1. The Tractates of the Mishnah, the Tosefta and the Talmud.

ʾAbôt	ʾAbôt	Men	Menâhôt
ʾAh	ʾAhîlôt	Meʿîlâh	Meʿîlâh
BB	BâbâʾBatrâʾ	Maʿa	Maʿasrôt
BM	Bâbâʾ Meṣîʿa	Mš	Maʿaser šénî
BQ	Bâbâʾ Qammâʾ	Miq	Miqwâʾôt
Beî	Beîṣâh	Neg	Negâʿîm
Bekh	Bekhôrôt	Ned	Nedârîm
Bik	Bikkûrim	Nid	Niddâh
Ber	Berâkhôt	Nâz	Nâzîr
Dem	Demaî	Sôt	Sôṭâh
Giṭ	Giṭṭin	Sûk	Sûkkâh
Hôr	Hôrâyôt	Sanh	Sanhèdrin
Zeb	Zebâḥîm	ʿAZ	ʿAbôdâh Zârâh
Zâb	Zabîm	ʿEd	ʿEdûyôt
Ḥag	Ḥagîgâh	ʿOr	ʿOrlâh
Ḥal	Ḥallâh	ʿUq	ʿUqṣîm
Ḥûl	Ḥûllîn	ʿEr	ʿErûbîn
Ṭeb Y	Ṭebûl Yôm	ʿAr	ʿArakhîn
Ṭoh	Ṭohârôt	Péʾâh	Péʾâh
Yeb	Yebâmôt	Pes	Pesaḥîm
Yâd	Yâdayim	Pâr	Pârah
Yôm	Yômâʾ	Qîd	Qîddûšîn
Kel	Kelîm	Qin	Qinnîm
Kil	Kilʾayim	RH	Rôʾš Hašânâh
Ker	Kerîtôt	šebû	šebûʿôt
Ket	Ketubbôt	šeb	šebîʿît
Meg	Megillâh	šab	šabbât
Mid	Middôt	šeq	šeqâlîm
MQ	Môʿed Qâṭon	Tem	Temûrâh
Mak	Makkôt	Tâm	Tâmîd
Makh	Makhšîrîn	Taʿan	Taʿanît
		Ter	Terûmôt

References to the Mishnah are given by the abbreviation of the name of the Tractate followed by the chapter and halakha numbers. Ex.: Ber 5:1.

References to the Tosefta are given in the same way but they are preceded by the abbreviation Tos. Ex.: Tos Ber 5:1.

References to the Babylonian Talmud are given by the abbreviation of the name of the Tractate followed by the folio and column. The reference is preceded by the letter b. Ex.: b Ber 12 a.

References to the Jerusalem Talmud are given by the abbreviation of the name of the Tractate followed by the chapter, the halakhah, the folio and the column. The reference is preceded by the letter j. Ex.: j Sab 16 1,15 c

References to the Baraitot, or the tannaitic traditions contained in the Talmud are preceded by the indication Bar.

2. MIDRASHÎM.

References to the Midrash Rabbah are given by the biblical abbreviation followed by a capital R, then by the chapter and paragraph number. Ex.: Gn R 1:10 (Midrash Rabbah of Genesis, chapter 1, Paragraph 10).

References to the other Midrashîm are given by their full title, without abbreviation.