The present volume is the third in a projected series of five volumes covering the entire first order of the Jerusalem Talmud. The principles of the edition regarding text, vocalization and commentary have been spelled out in detail in the Introduction to the first volume. The text is based on the editio princeps and, where that text is manifestly corrupt, on manuscript readings. There are no emendations. For ease of study, the text in the present edition has been subdivided into paragraphs and vocalized following the rules of Sephardic rabbinic Hebrew. In contrast to the Babylonian Talmud whose language is Aramaic with Hebrew quotes, the Jerusalem Talmud is composed in Aramaized Hebrew with Aramaic inserts.