## Nazir Daf 39b

###### Nazir 39b:1
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עִיקְבֵי נִימְהוֹן, שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ מִלְּתַחַת רָבֵי. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
at **the roots of their hair.** You can **learn from it that** hair **grows from the bottom,** as the new hair is not dyed. The Gemara concludes: Indeed, **learn from it** that it is so.


###### Nazir 39b:2
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וְאֶלָּא הָא דְּתַנְיָא: נָזִיר שֶׁגִּילְּחוּהוּ לִסְטִים, וְשִׁיְּירוּ בּוֹ כְּדֵי לָכוֹף רֹאשׁוֹ לְעִיקָּרוֹ — אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר. וְאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ מִלְּתַחַת רָבֵי, לִיסְתּוֹר! כְּגוֹן שֶׁגִּילְּחוּהוּ אַחַר מְלֹאת. וּמַנִּי — רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הִיא, דְּאָמַר: כׇּל אַחַר מְלֹאת שִׁבְעָה סוֹתֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** what about **this** *halakha* **that is taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **a nazirite who was shaved by bandits, and they left him** with **enough** hair **to bend its end to its root,** this **does not negate** the days of his naziriteship. **And if it should enter your mind** that hair **grows from the bottom, let** it **negate** the days of his naziriteship in that case as well, as the remaining hair grew only after his acceptance of naziriteship. The Gemara answers: This is referring to a case **where they shaved him after the completion** of his naziriteship but before he sacrificed his offerings, **and whose** opinion is expressed in this *baraita*? **It is** the opinion of **Rabbi Eliezer, who says:** With regard to **any** nazirite who became ritually impure **after the completion** of his term, this **negates** only **seven** days.


###### Nazir 39b:3
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מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר? יָלֵיף תִּגְלַחַת טׇהֳרָה מִתִּגְלַחַת טוּמְאָה. מַה תִּגְלַחַת טוּמְאָה שִׁבְעָה, אַף תִּגְלַחַת טׇהֳרָה — שִׁבְעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is the reason of Rabbi Eliezer?** The Gemara answers: He **derives** the *halakha* of **the shaving of ritual purity** at the end of his term of naziriteship (see Numbers 6:18) **from the shaving of impurity** (see Numbers 6:9): **Just as** with the **shaving of impurity,** if he became impure on the day of the completion of his term he must wait **seven** days, at which point he is purified from the impurity imparted by a corpse and shaves his hair, **so too** with the **shaving of purity;** if he was shaved before he brought his offerings, he negates only **seven** days.


###### Nazir 39b:4
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וְקִים לְהוּ לְרַבָּנַן כׇּל שִׁבְעָה יוֹמִין אָתְיָא מַזְיָיא כְּדֵי לָכוֹף רֹאשׁוֹ לְעִיקָּרוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And the Sages,** including Rabbi Eliezer, **have an** accepted **tradition** that **every seven days hair grows enough to bend its end to its root.** Consequently, if this amount of hair remained after he was shaved on the day of the completion of his naziriteship, he does not forfeit any days and need not wait any longer.


###### Nazir 39b:5
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נָזִיר שֶׁגִּילַּח בֵּין בְּתַעַר בֵּין בְּזוּג, אוֹ שֶׁסִּיפְסֵף כׇּל שֶׁהוּא — חַיָּיב. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״תַּעַר״, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא תַּעַר. תָּלַשׁ, מֵירַט, סִיפְסֵף כׇּל שֶׁהוּא, מִנַּיִן — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״קָדוֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ״, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught: With regard to **a nazirite who shaved** his hair, **whether** he did so **with scissors or with a razor, or** if he **pulled out any amount,** he is **liable. The Sages taught:** The Torah states with regard to a nazirite: **“A razor** shall not come upon his head” (Numbers 6:5). **I have** derived **only a razor; from where** do I derive that he is liable if he **tore out, uprooted,** or **pulled out any amount of** his hair? **The verse states: “He shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long”** (Numbers 6:5). This is **the statement of Rabbi Yoshiya.**


###### Nazir 39b:6
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רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן אוֹמֵר: ״תַּעַר״, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא תַּעַר. מֵירַט, תָּלַשׁ, סִיפְסֵף כׇּל שֶׁהוּא — פָּטוּר. וְהָכְתִיב ״קָדוֹשׁ יִהְיֶה״! מֵימְרָא דְּאִם גִּילַּח לֵיהּ בְּתַעַר — קָאֵים עֲלֵיהּ בַּעֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yonatan says** a different interpretation: From **“razor” I have** derived **only a razor,** whereas if he **tore out, uprooted,** or **pulled out any amount** of his hair, **he is exempt.** The Gemara asks: **But isn’t it written: “He shall be holy”?** The Gemara answers: **That is to say that if he shaved** his hair **with a razor he stands** liable **for** violating both **a positive mitzva and a prohibition.** By shaving with a razor he also transgresses the positive mitzva of: “He shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long” (Numbers 6:5).


###### Nazir 39b:7
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תַּנְיָא אִידַּךְ: ״תַּעַר״, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא תַּעַר. תָּלַשׁ, מֵירַט, סִיפְסֵף כׇּל שֶׁהוּא, מִנַּיִן — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״לֹא יַעֲבוֹר עַל רֹאשׁוֹ״. וּמֵאַחַר שֶׁסּוֹפֵינוּ לְרַבּוֹת כֹּל דָּבָר, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״תַּעַר לֹא יַעֲבוֹר עַל רֹאשׁוֹ״?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in **another** *baraita*: From **“razor” I have** derived **only a razor; from where** do I derive that he is also liable if he **tore out, uprooted,** or **pulled out any amount of** it? **The verse states:** “A razor **shall not come upon his head”** (Numbers 6:5), indicating that he may not remove his hair in any manner. The *baraita* asks: **And since we eventually include everything** that removes hair, **what** is the meaning when **the verse states: “A razor shall not come upon his head”?** Why does the verse mention a razor, when other implements are equally forbidden?


###### Nazir 39b:8
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לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא לָמַדְנוּ לְתִגְלַחַת הָאַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בְּתַעַר. לְלַמְּדוֹ מִמְּצוֹרָע — אִי אֶפְשָׁר,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* answers: It is **because we have not learned that the last shaving,** i.e., the nazirite’s shaving of ritual purity, **must be** performed specifically **with a razor,** as the verse merely states: “He shall shave his head” (Numbers 6:18), without specifying an implement. **It is impossible to learn** this requirement **from** the *halakha* that **a leper** must use a razor (see Leviticus 14:9),