Does a list of all perakim in shas with summary of each perek exist?

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Is there an existing list of all chapters in shas and include a brief summary of each perek?

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Seder Zeraim:

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Brachot
Demai
Kilayim
Shevi'it
Terumot
Challah
Bikkurim

Peah (excerpted from [1])

• Chapter 1 — basic definition: amount, location, types of produce subject
• Chapter 2 — definition of the area of land defined as a field from which a single portion of peah must be designated: grain fields; orchards; ambiguous cases
• Chapter 3 — ambiguous cases (cont.); minimum size of a field
• Chapter 4 — distributing peah to the poor; a general discussion of when produce becomes subject to the laws of gleanings, forgotten sheaves, and peah; leket: definition, ambiguous cases
• Chapter 5 — leket: ambiguous cases (cont.); distribution; collection of poor-offerings in general; shichecha: definition
• Chapter 6 — shichecha: ambiguous cases; scriptural basis; types of produce
• Chapter 7 — shichecha of olive trees; grapes: peret
• Chapter 8 — ma'aser ani; definitions of poor person

Ma'aserot (excerpted from [1])

• Chapter 1 — conditions under which produce becomes subject to the law; procedure by which harvested produce is rendered liable to the removal of tithes
• Chapter 2 — acquisition of another's untithed produce in four modes; purchases; barter
• Chapter 3 — barter; lost produce found by another; bringing produce from the field into the courtyard or home
• Chapter 4 — preparation of untithed produce for use in a meal; produce which is edible but is normally not deemed food
• Chapter 5 — produce taken from the field prior to the harvest of the crop; produce which is sold or purchased while inedible; produce which is insufficiently processed, or produce the processing of which is in doubt; produce which is not grown in the Land of Israel, or which is not food

Ma'aser Sheni (excerpted from [1])

• Chapter 1 — improper use of consecrated food/coins
• Chapter 2 — proper use of consecrated food; proper transference of the status of second tithe to and from coins: from coins to coins
• Chapter 3 — from coins to produce and back
• Chapter 4 — before the produce has been in Jerusalem; produce and coins the status of which is in doubt
• Chapter 5 — produce of a planting's fourth year; law of removal

Orlah (excerpted from [1])

• Chapter 1 — definition of terms: fruit tree, planting, fruit
• Chapter 2 — mixtures of forbidden and permitted produce
• Chapter 3 — prohibition against the use of orlah; resolution of doubts

Seder Moed

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Shabbat
Pesachim
Rosh Hashanah
Ta'anit

Eruvin (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — forming an alley-way into a single domain; areas occupied by caravans
• Chapter 2 — well in a public domain; large fields
• Chapter 3 — the eruv, a symbolic meal for establishing joint ownership of a courtyard or for establishing symbolic residence for purposes of travel on Shabbat
• Chapter 4 — the eruv and violating the Shabbat limit
• Chapter 5 — defining the Shabbat limit of a town
• Chapter 6 — the eruv and the courtyard
• Chapter 7 — areas which may be deemed either distinct from one another or as a commingled domain, so that the residents have the choice of preparing a joint eruv or two separate ones; shittuf and alleyway
• Chapter 8 — more on shittuf and alleyway; neglecting the eruv for a courtyard; eruv for more than one courtyard
• Chapter 9 — more on eruv for more than one courtyard; the eruv and the area of roofs
• Chapter 10 — the public domain in general

Shekalim (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — the imposition of the obligation to pay
• Chapter 2 — transporting the shekel; me'ila
• Chapter 3 — taking up shekalim for the public offerings
• Chapter 4 — disposition of the shekalim for various offerings
• Chapter 5 — temple administration; selling offerings; collecting other funds in the temple
• Chapter 6 — more on collecting other funds in the temple
• Chapter 7 — disposing of coins and objects found in and near the temple
• Chapter 8 — disposing of coins and objects found in Jerusalem; tum'ah and the parochet

Yoma (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — preparing the kohen gadol for yom kippur; clearing ashes off the altar
• Chapter 2 — more clearing ashes; casting lots; who offers the tamid
• Chapter 3 — more on tamid; morning ketoret; kohen gadol's bull; materials of items in the temple
• Chapter 4 — taking lots for the goats; crimson thread; sin offering for the kohanim; comparison of the ketoret on normal days vs yom kippur
• Chapter 5 — inside ketoret rite; sin offering for the people; purification of golden altar; rules regarding the order of the service
• Chapter 6 — scapegoat and its rules
• Chapter 7 — yom kippur rite finishes with Torah reading and prayer
• Chapter 8 — forbidden acts on yom kippur; rules for children, pregnant people, sick people; saving lives in cases of doubt; general ideas of atonement

Sukkah (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — the sukkah and its roofing
• Chapter 2 — sukkah and beds or on a wagon or boat; obligation to dwell in the sukkah
• Chapter 3 — details of lulav and etrog
• Chapter 4 — taking the lulav; aravot; Hallel; water libations
• Chapter 5 — playing the flute; simḥat beit hasho'eva; shofar during offerings; sukkot offerings

Beitzah (excerpted from [4])

• 1:1–3:1 — the Houses and other authorities
• 3:2–3:8 — designating food before the festival for use on the festival
• 4:1–5:2 — doing actions connected with preparing food on a festival day in a different manner from ordinary days; other restrictions
• 5:3–5:7 — ownership and Shabbat limits

Megillah (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — when to read the megillah; sequence of mishnayot of the form "there is no difference between ... and ... except ..."
• Chapter 2 — who/how/where about reading the megillah
• Chapter 3 — disposition of synagogue property; rules for reading Torah in synagogue worship
• Chapter 4 — the Torah readings; conduct in the synagogue

Mo'ed Katan (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — ḥol hamo'ed in the fields; miscellaneous rulings
• Chapter 2 — cases of emergency and loss; commerce
• Chapter 3 — those who can get a haircut or wash clothes on ḥol hamo'ed; burial of the dead and mourning on ḥol hamo'ed

Ḥagigah (excerpted from [4])

• Chapter 1 — the olat re'iya; homiletic material
• Chapter 2 — more homiletic material; offerings and Shabbat; gradations of strictness regarding tum'ah
• Chapter 3 — more on gradations of strictness regarding tum'ah; holy things and the festival

Seder Nashim

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Nedarim
Nazir

Seder Nezikin

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Bava Batra
Sanhedrin
Shevuot
Eduyot
Avodah Zarah
Avot
Horayot

Seder Kodashim

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Hullin
Bechorot
Temurah
Keritot
Me'ilah
Tamid
Middot
Kinnim

Seder Taharot

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Parah
Taharot
Zavim
Tevul Yom
Yadayim

Keilim (by magicker72)

• Chapter 1 — general introduction to seder taharot; levels of uncleanness
• Chapter 2 — earthenware utensils: breakage; toch; torches
• Chapter 3 — earthenware utensils: damage that purifies
• Chapter 4 — earthenware utensils: shards; rims
• Chapters 5-7 — earthenware ovens/stoves: when it starts/stops being susceptible
• Chapter 8 — earthenware ovens/stoves: partitions in utensils; tsamid patil; imparting impurity to stoves
• Chapter 9 — earthenware ovens/stoves: impure objects found inside; tsamid patil
• Chapter 10 — details on tsamid patil
• Chapter 11 — metal utensils: flat utensils; named utensils; utensils remade from old metal
• Chapter 12 — metal utensils: susceptible in some contexts but not in others; unfinished utensils
• Chapter 13 — damaged metal utensils; part wood/part metal utensils
• Chapter 14 — damaged metal utensils; repurposed damaged utensils; purifying metal utensils
• Chapter 15 — wood/leather/bone utensils: what's susceptible
• Chapter 16 — wood/leather/bone utensils: becoming (un)susceptible; contextual susceptibility
• Chapter 17 — measurements for purity; measurements in general; utensils made from sea animals or seaweed; receptacles
• Chapter 18 — how to measure capacity; what is attached to a container; beds; tefillin
• Chapter 19 — utensils for sitting/lying: beds; counters/satchels/blankets
• Chapter 20 — utensils for sitting/lying: pillows; mattresses; troughs; sticks; chairs; sheets
• Chapter 21 — attachments of utensils
• Chapter 22 — sitting utensils that have pieces removed
• Chapter 23 — items inside other items; merkav/moshav; nets
• Chapter 24 — utensils that come in three forms: susceptible to midras, susceptible to tumat met, insusceptible
• Chapter 25 — toch and achorayim (inside and outside); secondary attached utensils
• Chapter 26 — leather utensils
• Chapter 27/28 — cloth utensils
• Chapter 29 — secondary parts of items, and sizes for which they are considered attached
• Chapter 30 — glass utensils

Ahilot/Ohalot (excerpted from [2])

• Chapter 1 — introductory proems
• Chapter 2 — modes/sources of uncleanness
• Chapter 3 — modes/sources of uncleanness (cont.); openings/sizes of tents
• Chapter 4 — subdivisions of tents
• Chapter 5 — utensil as cover for a tent; utensils joining with walls
• Chapter 6 — walls of a tent and how they're subdivided
• Chapter 7 — walls/openings of tents; sloping sides of tents
• Chapter 8 — utensils cannot be tents; composition of tents
• Chapter 9 — objects that are sometimes utensils, sometimes tents
• Chapter 10 — open areas separate from surrounding covered area; utensils joining with walls
• Chapter 11 — segments/sizes of tents; utensils joining with walls
• Chapter 12 — segments/sizes of tents; utensils joining with walls; beams in a tent
• Chapter 13 — openings of tents; clean substances in tent apertures
• Chapter 14 — sizes of tents
• Chapter 15 — subdivisions of tents; forecourt of a burial area
• Chapter 16 — cleaning out a field in which a corpse is found
• Chapter 17 — grave-areas
• Chapter 18 — grave-areas; land/dwellings of gentiles

Negaim (excerpted from [2])

• Chapter 1 — introductory proem
• Chapter 2 — negaim in general
• Chapter 3 — negaim in general (cont.); Lev 13:2, 18-28, 29-37, 40-44, 47-59, Lev 14:33-53
• Chapter 4 — bright spot
• Chapter 5 — doubts in negaim
• Chapter 6 — relationship of quick flesh and spreading; places on the human being that are not susceptible to uncleanness
• Chapter 7 — places not susceptible to uncleanness (cont.); removing symptoms of uncleanness
• Chapter 8 — breaking forth over the entire body
• Chapter 9 — the boil and burning
• Chapter 10 — scalls; baldspot
• Chapter 11 — negaim on garments
• Chapter 12/13 — negaim on houses
• Chapter 14 — process of purification of the leper

Mikvaot (excerpted from [3])

• Chapter 1 — different kinds of gatherings of water on the ground, regarding ritual purity
• Chapter 2 — uncertainty in immersion; drawn water; mud mixed with water
• Chapter 3 — water falling into a mikvah; how to fix a mikva that was invalidated by drawn water
• Chapter 4 — drawn water (cont.)
• Chapter 5 — diverted springs and drawn water; seas; waves; dams
• Chapter 6 — intermingling mikvahs
• Chapter 7 — completing a mikvah; things falling into a mikvah
• Chapter 8 — purity of Israel; ba'al keri; immersing person with items
• Chapter 9 — interpositions during immersion
• Chapter 10 — immersing items that contain items/have attachments; where does the mikvah water need to reach; measurements of food/water that render impure; impure items inside body

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[1] The Law of Agriculture in the Mishnah and the Tosefta, ed. Jacob Neusner
[2] A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Jacob Neusner
[3] Kehati commentary on mishnah
[4] A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Jacob Neusner