Midot provides a detailed description of the Second Temple’s structure and layout. It specifies the measurements, gates, courtyards, and the duties of the priests and guards within the Temple complex.

Menachot focuses on flour offerings, libations, and Temple rituals. It includes laws of omer, showbread, Shavuot loaves, and touches on tzitzit, tefillin, and mezuzah.

Meila explores the laws of misusing consecrated property—items or funds dedicated to the Temple. It discusses what constitutes meila, who is liable, the process of atonement and restitution, and which offerings are affected by misappropriation.

Kinim discusses the laws concerning pairs of birds brought for certain offerings, particularly the complexities that arise when the birds or their designations become mixed up. It outlines how to resolve uncertainties, the procedures for valid sacrifices, and the responsibilities of the priests in these cases.

Keritot addresses transgressions that incur the penalty of karet (spiritual excision) if committed intentionally, and require a sin offering if done unwittingly. It details which offenses are included, the types of sacrifices brought, and the procedures for communal or individual atonement.

Chullin focuses on kosher meat outside the Temple. It covers shechitah, tereifot, prohibitions like mixing meat and milk, and includes mitzvot such as covering the blood and sending away the mother bird.

The opening masechet of the Bavli, Berakhot discusses laws of Shema, prayer, and an array of different blessings. This fairly accessible masechet contains key stories about Chazal’s approach to prayer as well as familiar content about the tefila and berakhot that frame our day to day.

Arachin examines the laws of dedicating the value of a person or object to the Temple. It details the Torah’s fixed valuations for individuals of different ages and genders, procedures for redeeming vows, and rules governing the consecration and redemption of land and houses.