by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on November 5, 2010
Tractate Horiyot is the last tractate in Seder Nezikin and the smallest tractate in Shas. It presumably is part of Seder Nezikin as a type of an appendix to tractate Sanhedrin and Makkot, which deal with the power and authority of the Beit Din – to represent the people, the fix the calendar, to judge court cases and to inflict punishment – from monetary fines, to lashes, to the death penalty. …
