## Nazir Daf 38a

###### Nazir 38a:1
[Nazir 38a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nazir/r/38a:1)

דְּלֵית לֵיהּ צֵירוּף, ״מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה״, מַאי דָּרֵישׁ בֵּיהּ? אָמַר לָךְ: הַהוּא מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ: לְעוֹלָם אֵינוֹ נָזִיר עַד שֶׁיַּזִּיר מִכּוּלָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**who is not of** the opinion that the principle of **combination** is operative, as he renders one liable for consumption of forbidden substances of any amount (see *Makkot* 13a), **what does he derive** from the verse **“anything that is made** of the grapevine” (Numbers 6:4)? The Gemara answers: Rabbi Shimon could have **said to you: That** verse is **necessary** to teach that **one is never** considered **a nazirite until he vows naziriteship from all of them.** Rabbi Shimon maintains that if one vows to be a nazirite only with regard to one or two of the prohibitions of naziriteship, the vow does not take effect at all.


###### Nazir 38a:2
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אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: כׇּל רְבִיעִיּוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, אֵין הֶיתֵּר מִצְטָרֵף לְאִיסּוּר, חוּץ מֵרְבִיעִית שֶׁבַּנָּזִיר, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה ״מִשְׁרַת״. מַאי אִיכָּא בֵּין רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן לְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abbahu said** that **Rabbi Elazar said:** With regard to **every** *halakha* **that is in the Torah** that involves **a quarter-***log*, **a permitted** substance **does not combine with a forbidden** substance to complete this measure, **apart from the quarter**-*log* **of a nazirite.** In the case of a nazirite, permitted liquid combines with wine to render him liable, **as the Torah stated: “Soaked”** (Numbers 6:3). The Gemara asks: **What** difference **is there between** the opinion of **Rabbi Yoḥanan,** who stated (35b) that a permitted substance does not combine with a forbidden one with regard to any prohibition of the Torah apart from that of a nazirite, **and** that of **Rabbi Elazar,** who apparently says the same thing in different terms?


###### Nazir 38a:3
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אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ, דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מֵרַבִּי אֲפִילּוּ אוֹכָלִין, וְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, מַשְׁקִין — אִין, מִידֵּי אַחֲרִינָא — לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **There is** a difference **between them, as Rabbi Yoḥanan amplifies** the *halakha* to include **even foods,** i.e., he renders a nazirite liable for eating an olive-bulk of bread and grapes combined, **and Rabbi Elazar** maintains that with regard to **liquids, yes,** the permitted combines with the forbidden, but for **other matters,** i.e., solids, **no,** the different foods do not combine.


###### Nazir 38a:4
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אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: עֶשֶׂר רְבִיעִיּוֹת הֵן, וְנָקֵיט רַב כָּהֲנָא בִּידֵיהּ חֲמֵשׁ סוּמָּקָתָא וַחֲמֵשׁ חִיוּוֹרָתָא. חֲמֵשׁ סוּמָּקָתָא: ״נָזִיר וְעוֹשֵׂה פֶסַח שֶׁהוֹרוּ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ וָמֵתוּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Apropos a quarter-*log*, the Gemara cites a statement that **Rabbi Elazar says: There are ten** applications of the **quarter**-*log* measurement in various areas of *halakha*, **and Rav Kahana held in his hand** the following mnemonic for them: **Five** are **red and five** are **white.** The Gemara elaborates: The **five red** ones of wine and blood are listed in the following mnemonic: **A nazirite; and one who performs** the ritual of **the Paschal offering; who instructed; in the Temple; and they died.**


###### Nazir 38a:5
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״נָזִיר״ — רְבִיעִית יַיִן לְנָזִיר. ״עוֹשֵׂה פֶסַח״ — דְּאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: אַרְבַּע כּוֹסוֹת הַלָּלוּ צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּהֵא בָּהֶן כְּדֵי רְבִיעִית. ״שֶׁהוֹרוּ״ — שָׁתָה רְבִיעִית יַיִן אַל יוֹרֶה. ״בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ״ — שָׁתָה רְבִיעִית יַיִן וְנִכְנַס לַמִּקְדָּשׁ חַיָּיב מִיתָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains this mnemonic: **A nazirite,** this is referring to the **quarter**-*log* **of wine for** which **a nazirite** is liable for drinking. **Who performs** the ritual of the **Paschal offering,** this is **as Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** It is a mitzva to drink **these four cups** at the Passover seder and **they must** each **contain** the amount of **a quarter**-*log*. **Who instructed,** this is referring to the following *halakha*: One who **drank a quarter**-*log* **of wine may not issue rulings** to others in matters of *halakha*, lest he err. **In the Temple,** this is referring to the *halakha* that one who **drank a quarter**-*log* **of wine and entered the Temple is liable** to receive **the death penalty** (see Leviticus 10:9).


###### Nazir 38a:6
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״וּמֵתוּ״ — דְּתַנְיָא: מִנַּיִן לִרְבִיעִית דָּם שֶׁיּוֹצְאָה מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים שֶׁהִיא מְטַמְּאָה בְּאֹהֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְעַל כׇּל נַפְשׁוֹת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And they died,** this is **as it is taught** in a mishna (*Oholot* 2:10): **From where** is it derived with regard **to a quarter**-*log* **of blood that emerges from two corpses, that it renders** people and objects **ritually impure in a tent,** i.e., a house, meaning that one who enters that house contracts ritual impurity imparted by a corpse? **As it is stated,** with regard to the prohibition against ritual impurity for priests: **“Neither shall he go in to any dead bodies”** (Leviticus 21:11). The plural form indicates that the blood of two people joins together to form the minimum amount of a quarter-*log* for ritual impurity in a tent.


###### Nazir 38a:7
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וַחֲמֵשׁ חִיוּוֹרָתָא: ״חַלַּת נָזִיר וּמְצוֹרָע שֶׁנִּפְסְלוּ בְּשַׁבָּת״. ״חַלַּת״ — רְבִיעִית שֶׁמֶן לְחַלָּה. ״נָזִיר״ — רְבִיעִית שֶׁמֶן לְנָזִיר. מְצוֹרָע — רְבִיעִית מַיִם לִמְצוֹרָע. ״שֶׁנִּפְסְלוּ״ — דִּתְנַן: וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַמַּשְׁקִין טְמֵאִין פּוֹסְלִין אֶת הַגְּוִיָּיה בִּרְבִיעִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the **five white** cases of oil and water are listed in this mnemonic: **The loaf of, a nazirite, and a leper, which were disqualified, on Shabbat.** The Gemara elaborates: **The loaf of,** this is referring to the **quarter**-*log* **of oil** added **to the loaves** of a thanks-offering. **A nazirite,** this is referring to the **quarter**-*log* **of oil for** the wafers of **a nazirite,** which were brought with his offering. **A leper,** this is referring to the **quarter**-*log* of spring **water** into which a bird is slaughtered **for** the ritual purification of **a leper** (see Leviticus 14:5).**Which were disqualified,** this is **as we learned** in a mishna (*Me’ila* 17b): **And all other ritually impure liquids disqualify the body** to the extent that one who drinks them may not eat *teruma*, if one drank the amount **of** one **quarter**-*log*.


###### Nazir 38a:8
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״בְּשַׁבָּת״ — דִּתְנַן: וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַמַּשְׁקִין — בִּרְבִיעִית, וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַשּׁוֹפְכִים — בִּרְבִיעִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**On Shabbat,** this is **as we learned** in a mishna which lists the minimum amounts of various liquids for which one is liable for violating the *halakhot* of Shabbat for carrying them from one domain to another. At the conclusion of this list, the mishna states (*Shabbat* 76b): **And** the measure that creates liability for carrying **all other liquids,** those not specified in the list, is **a quarter**-*log*, **and** the measure for carrying **all waste water** is likewise **a quarter**-*log*. This completes the list of ten *halakhot* that feature the quarter-*log*.


###### Nazir 38a:9
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וְתוּ לֵיכָּא? וְהָאִיכָּא: מֵרְבִיעִית נוֹטְלִין לַיָּדַיִם לְאֶחָד וַאֲפִילּוּ לִשְׁנַיִם. בִּפְלוּגְתָּא לָא קָא מַיְירֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And are there no more** than ten? **But there is** also the following mishna (*Yadayim* 1:1): **With a quarter**-*log* of water **one can wash the hands of one** person before eating bread, **and** this amount can be used **even for two** people, if they do so in the correct manner. The Gemara answers: Rabbi Elazar, who listed ten cases, **does not deal** with *halakhot* that are subject **to a dispute,** and some Sages disagree with the ruling that two people can wash their hands with a single quarter-*log*.


###### Nazir 38a:10
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וְהָא אִיכָּא: הָיָה מֵבִיא פְּיָילֵי שֶׁל חֶרֶס וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָהּ חֲצִי לוֹג מַיִם מִן הַכִּיּוֹר, וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: רְבִיעִית. בִּפְלוּגְתָּא לָא קָא מַיְירֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara further asks: **But there is** this *halakha* concerning a *sota* (*Sota* 15b): The priest who dealt with a *sota* **would bring an earthenware vessel [*pailei*] and place in it a half**-***log* of water from the basin** in the Temple, **and Rabbi Yehuda says** it was **a quarter**-*log*. This is another case involving a quarter-*log*. The Gemara answers as before, that Rabbi Elazar **does not deal** with *halakhot* that are subject **to a dispute,** and this quarter-*log* applies only according to the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Nazir 38a:11
[Nazir 38a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nazir/r/38a:11)

וְהָאִיכָּא: כַּמָּה מַיִם נוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָהּ — כׇּל שֶׁהוּא, רַבִּי זַכַּאי אוֹמֵר: רְבִיעִית! בִּפְלוּגְתָּא לָא קָא מַיְירֵי. וְהָאִיכָּא מִקְוֶה! בַּר מֵהַהִיא, דְּבַטְּלוּהָ רַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues to ask. **But there is** the following *halakha*: **How much water must one place in** a vessel that contains urine, before he can pray nearby? **Any quantity** is sufficient. **Rabbi Zakkai said: A quarter**-*log*. The Gemara again answers that Rabbi Elazar **does not deal** with *halakhot* that are subject **to a dispute.** The Gemara suggests another example: **But there is** the case of **a ritual bath,** as it is taught that one may immerse extremely small vessels in a quarter-*log* of rainwater in the ground. The Gemara answers: His list **excludes that** case, **as the Sages annulled** that *halakha* by ruling that one must use a standard ritual bath of forty *se’a* even for extremely small vessels.