## Nazir Daf 14a

###### Nazir 14a:1
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אִם תִּמְצֵי לוֹמַר נְזִירוּת מוּעֶטֶת, כֵּיוָן דְּעַשְׂרָה יוֹמִין הוּא דְּיַתִּרִין — לָא סָלֵיק לֵיהּ הָלֵין עֲשָׂרָה, וַדַּאי נְזִיר מֵאָה יוֹם, כֵּיוָן דְּאִית לֵיהּ תְּמָנִין יוֹמִין לְבַסּוֹף, סָלְקִין לֵיהּ, אוֹ לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If you say** that when he accepts naziriteship upon himself after twenty days, and then vows **a short** term of **naziriteship** of thirty days starting now, then **since,** if he pauses from his first term of naziriteship after twenty days, **it is** only **ten days that are left over** to complete after the second term of naziriteship, **those ten should not be reckoned for him** to complete a full term of naziriteship. Ten days are insufficient for hair growth. Therefore, he must observe a full thirty-day term of naziriteship after the second term of naziriteship, which means he is not a nazirite for the first twenty days. With that assumption in mind, the question arose: **Certainly** if he vows to be **a nazirite** for **one hundred days, since he has** a further **eighty days at the end,** which is sufficient time for his hair to grow, do the first twenty days **count for him** as part of the one hundred days **or not?**


###### Nazir 14a:2
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וְאִם תִּמְצֵי לוֹמַר חָיְילִי: אָמַר ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר לְאַחַר עֶשְׂרִים יוֹם וּמֵעַכְשָׁיו נְזִיר עוֹלָם״, מַהוּ? מִי חָיְילָא עֲלֵיהּ, אוֹ לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This inquiry leads to yet another question: **And if you say** that the first days of naziriteship **take effect,** and his term of naziriteship will be completed in the eighty days after the second term of naziriteship, then if he **said: I am hereby a nazirite after twenty days, and from now** I am **a permanent nazirite, what is** the *halakha*? **Does** the permanent naziriteship **take effect for him** during those twenty days **or not?** Since permanent naziriteship is unlimited, he could not have intended to complete its days after the second term of naziriteship, and it is reasonable to assume that he intended for the permanent naziriteship to begin after the second term of naziriteship has been completed.


###### Nazir 14a:3
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אִם תִּמְצֵי לוֹמַר: הָכָא כֵּיוָן דְּאֶפְשָׁר לְאִיתְּשׁוֹלֵי חָיְילָא: אָמַר ״הֲרֵינִי נְזִיר שִׁמְשׁוֹן לְאַחַר עֶשְׂרִים יוֹם וּמֵעַכְשָׁיו נָזִיר סְתָם״, מַהוּ? הָכָא לָא אֶפְשָׁר לְאִיתְּשׁוֹלֵי, מִי חָיְילָא, אוֹ לָא? אֲמַר ״כְּמֹשֶׁה בְּשִׁבְעָה בַּאֲדָר״, מַאי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If you say: Here,** with regard to cases of a standard permanent naziriteship after twenty days, **since** it **is possible to request** of a halakhic authority to dissolve the vow, which would result in the first term of naziriteship taking full effect, it therefore **takes effect** during those twenty days, then the following question arises: If one **said: I am hereby a nazirite** like **Samson after twenty days, and from now** I am hereby **a nazirite without specification, what is** the *halakha*? Since **here it is not possible to request** of a halakhic authority to dissolve the vow of naziriteship like Samson, and there is no way of completing the first term of naziriteship, **does** the first naziriteship **take effect or not?** The Gemara adds another question: If one **said:** I am hereby **like Moses on the seventh** day **of Adar, what** is the *halakha*? Is this considered an expression of naziriteship in that just as Moses passed away on that date and drank no more wine, so too, the speaker vows to be a nazirite? Alternatively, perhaps this phrase does not indicate the acceptance of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 14a:4
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פְּשׁוֹט מִינַּיְיהוּ קַדְמָיְיתָא: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר לְאַחַר עֶשְׂרִים יוֹם וּמֵעַכְשָׁיו מֵאָה יוֹם״ — מוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מוֹנֶה שְׁלֹשִׁים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מוֹנֶה שְׁמוֹנִים כְּדֵי לְהַשְׁלִים נְזִירוּת רִאשׁוֹנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: At least **resolve the first of these** questions, the one raised at the beginning of the discussion, as it is stated explicitly in the *Tosefta* (2:5): If one says: **I am hereby a nazirite after twenty days, and** I am hereby a nazirite **from now** for **one hundred days, he counts twenty** days of his term of naziriteship immediately, **after which he counts thirty** days for the subsequent term of naziriteship, **and afterward he counts eighty** days **in order to complete** his **first** term of **naziriteship.**


###### Nazir 14a:5
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נִטְמָא בִּימֵי בְּנוֹ, רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: סוֹתֵר. רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר: אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara returns to its discussion of the statement of the mishna with regard to one who vowed to be a nazirite upon the birth of a son in addition to a standard term of naziriteship. The mishna ruled that he begins his term of naziriteship, and if he has a son during that term, he pauses from that term of naziriteship and starts the term for his son, after which he completes the first term. The Torah states that a nazirite who becomes impure while observing his term of naziriteship must start counting afresh, which leads to the following question: What happens if **he became impure during the days of** his term of naziriteship for **his son? Rabbi Yoḥanan says:** This **negates** all of it, even the days he has counted for his own term of naziriteship, and he must observe two full terms of naziriteship. **Reish Lakish says: This does not negate** the days he observed for his own term of naziriteship, only those of the term of naziriteship for his son.


###### Nazir 14a:6
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רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר סוֹתֵר — חֲדָא נְזִירוּת אֲרִיכְתָּא הִיא, רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר — נְזִירוּת דִּידֵיהּ לְחוּד, וְדִבְרֵיהּ לְחוּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies the two approaches: **Rabbi Yoḥanan says** it **negates** all of it, since he holds that **it is one long** term of **naziriteship. Reish Lakish says it does not negate** the days he observed for his own term of naziriteship because **his** term of **naziriteship is** a **discrete** naziriteship, **and that for his son is** a **discrete** naziriteship.