Horayot (Hebrew: הוֹרָיוֹת; "Decisions") is a tractate in Seder Nezikin in the Talmud.
In the Mishnah, this is the tenth and last tractate in Nezikin, the ninth tractate in the Babylonian Talmud, and the eighth in the Jerusalem Talmud. It consists of three chapters in the Mishnah and two in the Tosefta. The tractate mainly discusses laws pertaining to erroneous rulings by a Jewish court, as well as unwitting actions performed by leading authorities of the Jewish people, and the sacrificial offerings (Hebrew korban, plural korbanot) that might be brought as a consequence of these actions.[1] The conclusion of the tractate (12a-13b) deals with the prioritization of korbanot in the temple and explores the question of how to quantify human life in emergencies.
 National Sin Offering, drawing from Holman Bible | |
| Tractate of the Talmud | |
|---|---|
| Seder: | Nezikin |
| Number of mishnahs: | 20 |
| Chapters: | 3 |
| Babylonian Talmud pages: | 13 |
| Jerusalem Talmud pages: | 19 |
| Tosefta chapters: | 2 |
- ^ Steinsaltz, Adin (15 October 2017). Koren Talmud Bavli: Avoda Zara, Horayot (First Hebrew/English ed.). Jerusalem: Koren. p. 413. ISBN 978-965301593-7.