## Nazir Daf 18a

###### Nazir 18a:1
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דְּאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ תִּגְלַחַת טוּמְאָה, יְמֵי חִלּוּטוֹ מִי לָא בָּעֵי תִּגְלַחַת? לָא, תִּגְלַחַת דִּנְזִירוּת קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**as if it enters your mind** to say that the *baraita* is discussing the **shaving** done as a result of the nazirite’s **impurity,** and contrasts a nazirite with a leper, do the end of a leper’s **days of confirmed** leprosy **not require shaving?** A leper must shave when he is purified from his condition, so how can he be described as unfit for shaving? Rather, the *baraita* must be referring to the nazirite’s shaving of purity, as suggested above (17b). The Gemara rejects this: **No,** it could be that the *baraita* is discussing the shaving done as a result of the nazirite’s impurity, and when it states that a leper is unfit for shaving, the *baraita* **is teaching** about the **shaving of naziriteship,** and the *baraita* is stating that a leper is unfit for any shaving of a nazirite, since he must first shave for his leprosy.


###### Nazir 18a:2
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תָּא שְׁמַע: ״וְטִמֵּא רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ״, בְּטָהוֹר שֶׁנִּטְמָא הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁהוּא טָעוּן הַעֲבָרַת שֵׂעָר וַהֲבָאַת צִיפֳּרִין. וְלִפְטוֹר אֶת הַנָּזִיר בְּקֶבֶר — שֶׁאֵין טָעוּן הַעֲבָרַת שֵׂעָר וַהֲבָאַת צִיפֳּרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests another proof to answer the question of whether one who vows naziriteship while in a cemetery must shave upon undergoing purification. **Come** and **hear** a *baraita*: The verse states: **“And he defiles his consecrated head,** he shall shave his head on the day of his purification, on the seventh day shall he shave it” (Numbers 6:9). The *baraita* explains: **The verse is speaking of a ritually pure** nazirite **who became impure, who requires hair removal and the bringing of birds** as offerings. And this verse comes **to exempt a nazirite** who vowed while **in the grave,** i.e., a cemetery, **that he does not require hair removal and the bringing of birds.**


###### Nazir 18a:3
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וַהֲלֹא דְּבָרִים קַל וָחוֹמֶר: וּמָה טָהוֹר שֶׁנִּטְמָא — טָעוּן הַעֲבָרַת שֵׂעָר וַהֲבָאַת צִיפֳּרִין, מִי שֶׁהָיָה טָמֵא מִתְּחִלָּה — אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁיְּהֵא טָעוּן הַעֲבָרַת שֵׂעָר וַהֲבָאַת צִיפֳּרִין?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues its analysis of this *halakha*. For one might have explained differently: **And are** these **matters,** the ruling that such a nazirite is exempt, **not** inferred with an ***a fortiori* inference** to reach the opposite conclusion: **Just as a** nazirite who was **pure** from the outset and **who** subsequently **became impure requires hair removal and the bringing of birds,** if **one was impure from the outset,** as he took a vow of naziriteship while in a cemetery, **is it not logical that he should require hair removal and the bringing of birds?**


###### Nazir 18a:4
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תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְטִמֵּא רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ״, בְּמִי שֶׁהָיָה טָהוֹר וְנִטְמָא הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁיְּהֵא טָעוּן הַעֲבָרַת שֵׂעָר וַהֲבָאַת צִיפֳּרִין, וְלִפְטוֹר אֶת הַנָּזִיר בְּקֶבֶר. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Therefore **the verse states: “And he defiles his consecrated head,”** indicating that **the verse speaks** only **of one who was a pure** nazirite **and** later **became impure,** and **that** only **he requires hair removal and the bringing of birds. And** the verse serves **to exempt the nazirite** who vowed while **in** a place of **a grave,** who was ritually impure from the outset. The Gemara concludes: **Learn from this** that a nazirite who was ritually impure from the outset does not have to shave; this answers the question of Rav Ashi.


###### Nazir 18a:5
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מַאן תְּנָא הָא דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֵין בֵּין טָמֵא שֶׁנָּזַר לְנָזִיר טָהוֹר שֶׁנִּטְמָא, אֶלָּא שֶׁטָּמֵא שֶׁנָּזַר — שְׁבִיעִי שֶׁלּוֹ עוֹלֶה לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן, וְנָזִיר טָהוֹר שֶׁנִּטְמָא — אֵין שְׁבִיעִי שֶׁלּוֹ עוֹלֶה לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ After resolving the question, the Gemara discusses additional *halakhot* involving a ritually impure person who took a vow of naziriteship. **Who** is the *tanna* who **taught this** *baraita* **that the Sages taught** in the previous discussion: **The difference between an impure** person **who took a vow of naziriteship and a pure nazirite who became ritually impure is only** the following *halakha*: **That** with regard to **an impure** person **who took a vow of naziriteship, his seventh** day of purification **counts** as part **of his tally** of the term of naziriteship. **But** with regard to **a pure nazirite who became impure, his seventh** day of purification **does not count** as part **of his tally.**


###### Nazir 18a:6
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אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: רַבִּי הִיא, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי: אֵין נְזִירוּת טׇהֳרָה חָלָה אֶלָּא עַד שְׁמִינִי. דְּאִי תֵּימָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, הָאָמַר נְזִירוּת דְּטׇהֳרָה מִשְּׁבִיעִי הוּא דְּחָיְילָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ḥisda said: It is** the opinion of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi, **as Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **said: Naziriteship of purity takes effect only from the eighth day.** When a nazirite becomes impure during his term, he begins to count his term of observing naziriteship in purity only on the day following his purification. **For if you say it** follows the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda, didn’t he say** that the **naziriteship of purity takes effect from the seventh** day of his purification process?


###### Nazir 18a:7
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מַאי רַבִּי וּמַאי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה — דְּתַנְיָא: ״וְקִדַּשׁ אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא״ — בְּיוֹם הֲבָאַת קׇרְבְּנוֹתָיו, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: בְּיוֹם תִּגְלַחְתּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies: **What is** the statement of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi, **and what is** the statement of **Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda,** that Rav Ḥisda referred to? **As it is taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states with regard to a ritually impure nazirite who underwent the purification rite: **“And he shall sanctify his head on that day”** (Numbers 6:11). This means that he renews the sanctity of his hair growth, i.e., begins observing his naziriteship in purity, **on the day of the bringing of his offerings,** the eighth day of his purification. This is **the statement of Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi. **Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda, says:** This means that he renews the sanctity of his hair growth **on the day of his shaving,** the seventh day of his purification.


###### Nazir 18a:8
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וְהָא דִּתְנַן: נָזִיר שֶׁנִּטְמָא טוּמְאוֹת הַרְבֵּה — אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶלָּא קׇרְבָּן אֶחָד, מַאן תַּנָּא? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, דְּאָמַר: נְזִירוּת טׇהֳרָה מִשְּׁבִיעִי חָיְילָא. וּמַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ כְּגוֹן שֶׁנִּטְמָא בַּשְּׁבִיעִי, וְחָזַר וְנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁבִיעִי. (וּמַנִּי, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא) כֵּיוָן דְּלֹא יָצָא שָׁעָה הָרְאוּיָה לְהָבִיא קׇרְבָּן — אֵינוֹ חַיָּיב אֶלָּא קׇרְבָּן אֶחָד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara cites a related *halakha*: **And that which we learned** in a mishna (*Karetot* 9a): If **a nazirite became impure** by contracting **many** consecutive **impurities, he brings only one** set of **offerings. Who taught** that? **Rav Ḥisda said: It is Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda, who said** the **naziriteship of purity takes effect from the seventh** day of his purification process. **And you find this,** that he contracts ritual impurity several times consecutively, in a case **where he became ritually impure on the seventh** day **and,** after undergoing the purification process, **again became ritually impure on the seventh** day. **And whose** opinion is it? **It is** that of **Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda. Since** the **appropriate time to bring an offering had not** yet **arrived,** as all agree that his offerings are only brought on the eighth day, if he became ritually impure a second time **he is obligated** to **bring only one** set of **offerings.**


###### Nazir 18a:9
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דְּאִי תֵּימָא רַבִּי הִיא, אִי דְּנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁבִיעִי, וְחָזַר וְנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁבִיעִי (וְחָזַר וְנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁבִיעִי) — כּוּלְּהוּ טוּמְאָה אֲרִיכְתָּא הִיא. וְאִי דְּנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁמִינִי, וְחָזַר וְנִטְמָא בַּשְּׁמִינִי — הֲרֵי יָצְתָה שָׁעָה שֶׁרְאוּיָה לְהָבִיא קׇרְבָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**For if you say it** follows the opinion of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi, how can this mishna be explained? **If** it deals with a nazirite **who became ritually impure on the seventh** day, **and,** after undergoing the purification process, **again became ritually impure on the seventh** day, **and,** after undergoing the purification process, **again became ritually impure on the seventh** day, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi would hold that **all these** impurities **are** in fact one **long ritual impurity,** because he never reached the eighth day, which would renew his observance of naziriteship in ritual purity, so the mishna would not refer to this as a case of multiple impurities. **And if** the mishna is referring to a nazirite **who became ritually impure on the eighth** day **and,** after undergoing the purification process, **again became ritually impure on the eighth** day, the **appropriate time to bring an offering had** already **arrived,** and if he becomes ritually impure at that stage, it is not viewed as a continuation of the previous ritual impurity, and he is obligated to bring another set of offerings.


###### Nazir 18a:10
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מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי? אָמַר קְרָא ״וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו מֵאֲשֶׁר חָטָא עַל הַנָּפֶשׁ״, וַהֲדַר ״וְקִדַּשׁ אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ״. וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה: אִם כֵּן — לֵימָא קְרָא: ״וְקִדַּשׁ אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies the dispute between Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi and Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda: **What is the reason for Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi’s ruling that he begins counting only from the eighth day? The Gemara answers: **The verse states:** “And the priest shall prepare one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, **and make atonement for him, for he sinned by the soul”** (Numbers 6:11), **and** the same verse **again** states immediately afterward: **“And he shall sanctify his head.”** This shows that the naziriteship of purity commences only after he has brought his offerings. **And Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda,** says in response: **If so,** if the verse intended to teach us that his naziriteship starts only on the eighth day, **let the verse** merely **state: “And he shall sanctify his head,”** since that phrase addresses the bringing of his offerings, which is on the eighth.