Use an index to locate information in the Talmud for a topic, term, scripture reference, or rabbinical reference.

Within the print volumes of the Babylonian Talmud, indexes are found in two places:

1. at the end of the entire set as a cumulative index and
2. often at the end of each tractate as an index for the individual tractate.

Cumulative Indexes

Called the “Keys to the Talmud,” the cumulative indexes are in two volumes located at the end of the entire set. Use them to find subjects, scriptures, and rabbinical references within the various tractates of the Talmud.

Vol. I — Includes the “General Index” and several abbreviation lists.
Vol. II — Contains the “Index of Scriptural References,” “Rabbinical Index,” “Glossary,” and “Transliteration of Hebrew Letters.”

Individual Tractate Indexes

Each tractate contains its own glossary, abbreviations, and indices for scriptural references, general terms, and Rabbis. The individual tractate index is found at the end of each tractate, located in the middle of the volume between the English and Hebrew.

Note: When tractates make up two and three volumes, the "tractate" index will be found in the last volume of that tractate. For example, the tractate index for "Baba Bathra," which is three volumes, is in Vol. III of Baba Bathra.

opens new windowWebShas: Alphabetical Index of Topics http://www.webshas.org/engindex.htm
Designed as a topical index to the Talmud.