Evel Rabbati
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Evel Rabbati (Hebrew: אבל רבתי, "greater [tractate of] mourning") is one of the later or minor tractates which in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud are placed after the fourth order, Neziḳin; it treats of mourning for the dead. It is known also under the euphemistic name Semachot (שמחות), meaning "festive occasions" or "joys".