Makshirin ("Predisposings"): Name of the eighth tractate, in the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the sixth Talmudic order į¹¬ohorot ("Purifications"). This tractate contains six chapters, divided respectively into 6, 11, 8, 10, 11, and 8 sections, while the Tosefta has only three chapters ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]