Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Zevahim, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522

Folio (13 7/8 x 10 in.; 352 x 254 mm). collation: 1-14^{8, 1510=122 leaves including final blank leaf, woodcut initial word panel; first two leaves mended in gutter margin, occasional marginal soiling, spotting and dampstains, marginalia, owner's name, diagram in pen-and-ink on title. Half vellum.}

Vinograd, Venice 56; Habermann 55

Folio (13 7/8 x 10 in.; 352 x 254 mm). collation: 1-148, 1510=122 leaves including final blank leaf, woodcut initial; first two leaves mended in gutter margin, occasional marginal soiling, spotting and dampstains, marginalia, owner's name, diagram in pen-and-ink on title. Half vellum.
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Zevahim (Animal Sacrifices), is the first tractate in the order Kodashim.  Just as tractate Hullin is also called Shehitat Hullin (The Slaughter of Profane Animals, i.e., for human consumption), so Zevahim has the alternate name Shehitat Kodashim (The Slaughter of Sacrificial Animals) and deals almost exclusively with the regulations for the slaughter of animals and birds for Temple worship.