## Nazir Daf 45a

###### Nazir 45a:1
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מִכְּדֵי שַׁעֲרֵי נִיקָנוֹר הֵיכָא קָיְימִין — בְּשַׁעֲרֵי לְוִיָּיה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye continues: **Now** consider **the Gate of Nicanor,** where all those lacking atonement stand to bring their offerings; **where is it located? In the gates of the Levites.** Three camps are detailed in the verses, each having its own restrictions as to who may or may not enter them (see Numbers, chapter 5). The verses speak of the camps of the Jewish people in the wilderness, and the Sages taught that the statuses of certain areas of Jerusalem corresponded to those camps. The camps in the wilderness were the Israelite camp, the Levite camp, and the camp of the Divine Presence. They correspond to Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, and the Temple itself. The Gate of Nicanor had the status of the Levite camp.


###### Nazir 45a:2
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וְהָתַנְיָא: טְמֵא מֵת מוּתָּר לִיכָּנֵס בְּמַחֲנֵה לְוִיָּיה, וְלֹא טְמֵא מֵת בִּלְבַד אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ מֵת עַצְמוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף עִמּוֹ״, מַאי ״עִמּוֹ״ — עִמּוֹ בִּמְחִיצָתוֹ, עִמּוֹ בְּמַחֲנֵה לְוִיָּיה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye continues: **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* (*Tosefta*, *Kelim* 1:8) that one who is **impure** due to contact with **a corpse is permitted to enter the Levite camp; and not only one impure** from **a corpse, but even a corpse itself** may be brought inside the Levite camp, **as it is stated: “And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him”** (Exodus 13:19). The *baraita* explains: **What is** the meaning of **“with him”?** The phrase **“with him”** indicates that Joseph’s bones were taken **within** Moses’s **boundary, with him in the Levite camp.** This demonstrates that even a corpse may be brought into the Levite camp. If so, certainly a nazirite who was impure from contact with a corpse and who has been sprinkled and immersed may enter there. Consequently, the *halakha* that a nazirite must wait until the eighth day to sacrifice his offerings cannot be due to a prohibition against entering the Gate of Nicanor. One can similarly infer that the *halakha* that a *zav* who has immersed may not bring his offerings before the eighth day is not because he is prohibited from entering the Gate of Nicanor.


###### Nazir 45a:3
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אֶלָּא (אָמַר אַבָּיֵי): טְבוּל יוֹם שֶׁל זָב — כְּזָב דָּמֵי. וַאֲפִילּוּ הָכִי, כֵּיוָן דִּמְחוּסַּר כַּפָּרָה — לָא עָיֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Abaye says:** The *baraita* should be understood slightly differently than suggested by the assembly of Rav Natan bar Hoshaya: **One who immersed himself that day** to release himself from the status **of a *zav*,** i.e., a full-fledged *zav*, who experienced three emissions, not merely two, **is considered like a *zav*** with regard to the prohibition against entering the Levite camp. **But** the reason for this prohibition is not that a *zav* who immersed himself that day may not enter the Levite camp. Rather, granted that he is permitted to enter the Levite camp in terms of his impurity, **even so, since** he is **lacking atonement,** as he has yet to sacrifice his offerings, he **may not enter** the Levite camp.


###### Nazir 45a:4
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וְאִי בְּמַחֲנֵה לְוִיָּיה קָאֵי, אַמַּאי קָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ ״אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״? לְמֵימְרָא: מָה הָתָם — מְחוּסַּר כַּפָּרָה לָא עָיֵיל, אַף לְמַחֲנֵה לְוִיָּיה נָמֵי — מְחוּסַּר כַּפָּרָה לָא עָיֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye elaborates: The reason he may not enter is that the Torah states with regard to a *zav*: “And he shall come before the Lord to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 15:14), **and if he is standing in the Levite camp,** at the Gate of Nicanor, when he brings his offerings, **why does** the Torah **call it “the Tent of Meeting”?** Rather, this verse must be coming **to say: Just as there,** with regard to the Tent of Meeting itself, i.e., the camp of the Divine Presence, **one who is lacking atonement may not enter** there, **so too,** with regard to **the Levite camp as well, one who is lacking atonement may not enter** there.


###### Nazir 45a:5
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וְהָתָם מְנָלַן? דְּתַנְיָא: ״טָמֵא יִהְיֶה״ — לְרַבּוֹת טְבוּל יוֹם, ״עוֹד טוּמְאָתוֹ בּוֹ״ — לְרַבּוֹת מְחוּסַּר כַּפָּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And from where do we** derive that one who lacks atonement may not enter **there,** i.e., the camp of the Divine Presence? The Gemara answers: **As it is taught** in a *baraita*: The Torah states with regard to the prohibition against an impure person entering the Tabernacle: “He shall be impure; his impurity is yet upon him” (Numbers 19:13). The phrase **“he shall be impure”** serves **to include one who immersed himself that day** in the prohibition against entering the Temple. **“His impurity is yet upon him”** serves **to include one who lacks atonement,** who is prohibited from entering the camp of the Divine Presence until he has sacrificed his offerings of purity.


###### Nazir 45a:6
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**מַתְנִי׳** תִּגְלַחַת הַטׇּהֳרָה כֵּיצַד? הָיָה מֵבִיא שָׁלֹשׁ בְּהֵמוֹת: חַטָּאת, עוֹלָה, וּשְׁלָמִים. וְשׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַשְּׁלָמִים וּמְגַלֵּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר: לֹא הָיָה מְגַלֵּחַ אֶלָּא עַל הַחַטָּאת, שֶׁהַחַטָּאת קוֹדֶמֶת בְּכׇל מָקוֹם. וְאִם גִּלַּח עַל אַחַת מִשְּׁלׇשְׁתָּן — יָצָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** With regard to a nazirite’s **shaving of purity** after the completion of his term of naziriteship, **how** is it performed? **He would bring three animals:** One for **a sin-offering,** one for **a burnt-offering, and** one for **a peace-offering. And he slaughters the peace-offering and shaves** his hair **after** he slaughters **them.** This is **the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Elazar says: He would shave only after** he slaughtered **the sin-offering, as the sin-offering precedes** the other offerings **in all places,** and therefore he sacrifices the sin-offering first. He shaves his hair after he slaughters this offering. **And if he shaved after** the sacrifice of any **one of the three of them, he has fulfilled** his obligation after the fact.


###### Nazir 45a:7
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רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הֵבִיא שָׁלֹשׁ בְּהֵמוֹת וְלֹא פֵּירֵשׁ, הָרְאוּיָה לְחַטָּאת — תִּקְרַב חַטָּאת, לְעוֹלָה — תִּקְרַב עוֹלָה, לִשְׁלָמִים — תִּקְרַב שְׁלָמִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says:** If a nazirite **brought three animals without specifying** which of them was for which offering, the one **that is fit for a sin-offering,** i.e., a female sheep in its first year, **is sacrificed as a sin-offering;** that which is fit **for a burnt-offering,** a male sheep in its first year, **is sacrificed as a burnt-offering;** and that which is fit **for a peace-offering,** a ram, i.e., a male sheep over the age of one year, **is sacrificed as a peace-offering.**


###### Nazir 45a:8
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**גְּמָ׳** תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְגוֹ׳״, בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּשְׁחָטוֹ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara first addresses the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, whose reasoning was not stated in the mishna. **The Sages taught** that when the Torah states: **“And the nazirite shall shave** his consecrated head **at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting”** (Numbers 6:18), **the verse is speaking of the peace-offering,** as the phrase “the entrance to the Tent of Meeting” alludes to a peace-offering, **as it is stated:** “And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace-offering…**and he shall slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting”** (Leviticus 3:1–2).


###### Nazir 45a:9
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אַתָּה אוֹמֵר בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, אוֹ אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מַמָּשׁ? אָמַרְתָּ: אִם כֵּן — דֶּרֶךְ בִּזָּיוֹן הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Do **you say the verse is speaking of the peace-offering,** i.e., that the nazirite shaves after bringing his peace-offering? **Or** perhaps **it is only** teaching that he shaves at **the actual entrance to the Tent of Meeting,** at the gate to the Sanctuary, as indicated by a literal reading of the verse? **You** can **say** in response: **If so, that is a degrading manner** of service, to shave at the entrance to the Sanctuary.


###### Nazir 45a:10
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רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ, הֲרֵי אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה ״לֹא תַעֲלֶה בְמַעֲלוֹת עַל מִזְבְּחִי״, קַל וָחוֹמֶר לְדֶרֶךְ בִּזָּיוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoshiya says:** This proof is **not necessary, as the Torah states:** “And **you shall not ascend by steps to My altar,** so that you should not reveal your nakedness upon it” (Exodus 20:23). If the Torah is concerned about the disrespect to the altar presented by normal human behavior, then by **an *a fortiori*** inference the Torah prohibits acting **in a degrading manner** by shaving at the entrance to the Sanctuary.


###### Nazir 45a:11
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[נ״‎א בַּמִּדְרָשׁ בְּפָרָשָׁה נָשֹׂא (דַּף רמ״‎ב): ״וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר״, רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר. אוֹ אֵינוֹ וְכוּ׳. אִם כָּךְ, אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה ״לֹא תַעֲלֶה וְכוּ׳״ — קַל וָחוֹמֶר לַדָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא יְגַלֵּחַ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, אֶלָּא בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.]

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A different version** of this derivation is stated **in the midrash to the** Torah **portion of *Naso*.** The Torah states: **“And the nazirite shall shave** his consecrated head at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering” (Numbers 6:18). **Rabbi Yoshiya says: The verse is speaking of the peace-offering. Or** perhaps **it is only** teaching that he shaves at the actual entrance to the Tent of Meeting? **If so, the Torah said:** “And **you shall not ascend** by steps to My altar” (Exodus 20:23). By **an *a fortiori*** inference with regard **to** this **matter** it is derived **that he should not shave** at the **entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Rather, the verse is speaking of the peace-offering.**


###### Nazir 45a:12
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רַבִּי יִצְחָק אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ, הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״וְלָקַח אֶת שְׂעַר רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ וְנָתַן עַל הָאֵשׁ וְגוֹ׳״, מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְחוּסָּר אֶלָּא לְקִיחָה וּנְתִינָה. יָצָא זֶה, שֶׁהוּא מְחוּסָּר לְקִיחָה, הֲבָאָה, וּנְתִינָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yitzḥak says:** It is **not necessary** to cite an indirect proof that a nazirite may not shave at the entrance to the Sanctuary, **as** the verse **states** with regard to a nazirite: **“And he shall take the hair of his consecrated head and put it on the fire** which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering” (Numbers 6:18). The verse is referring to **one who has not yet** performed **only** the stages of **taking and placing** his shaven hair under the pot of the peace-offering, which is outside the Sanctuary. These two stages are the only ones he lacks; he does not have to do any other action. That **excludes this one,** a nazirite who shaved at the entrance to the Sanctuary, **as he has not yet** performed three actions, **taking, bringing** the hair from one sanctified area to another, **and placing** his shaven hair under the pot of the peace-offering.


###### Nazir 45a:13
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אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי, רַבִּי יִצְחָק אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר. אַתָּה אוֹמֵר בִּשְׁלָמִים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, אוֹ אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מַמָּשׁ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְלָקַח אֶת שְׂעַר רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ״, מְקוֹם שֶׁהָיָה מְבַשֵּׁל — שָׁם הָיָה מְגַלֵּחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Some say** a different version of this statement. **Rabbi Yitzḥak says: The verse is referring to the peace-offering.** He clarifies his assertion: Do **you say the verse is speaking of the peace-offering, or is it** teaching **only** that he shaves at **the actual entrance to the Tent of Meeting? The verse states: “And he shall take the hair of his consecrated head** and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering” (Numbers 6:18). This indicates that in the same **place where he would cook** the peace-offering, outside the courtyard, **there he would shave.**


###### Nazir 45a:14
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אַבָּא חָנָן אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: ״וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״, כׇּל זְמַן שֶׁאֵין פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד פָּתוּחַ — אֵינוֹ מְגַלֵּחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abba Ḥanan says in the name of Rabbi Eliezer** that the verse **“And the nazirite shall shave** his consecrated head **at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting”** (Numbers 6:18) is referring to the time rather than the place of his shaving, i.e., this verse teaches that **as long as the entrance to the Tent of Meeting is not open, he may not shave.** He may shave only during those hours when the entrance to the Sanctuary is open.


###### Nazir 45a:15
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רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שֵׁזוּרִי אוֹמֵר: ״וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״, וְלֹא נְזִירָה,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Shimon Shezuri says:** The phrase **“And the nazirite shall shave** his consecrated head **at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting”** does not refer to the place of his shaving. Rather, the masculine form of the word nazirite serves to emphasize that this applies to a male nazirite **and not a female nazirite.** A woman does not shave her head in the Sanctuary,