## Nazir Daf 54a

###### Nazir 54a:1
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דְּאָמַר מָר: טוּמְאָה בּוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת. וְאִילּוּ גַּבֵּי נְגִיעָה, אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, תַּנְיָא: ״(וְכׇל) הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּעֶצֶם אוֹ בֶחָלָל״, ״בַּעֶצֶם״ — זֶה עֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה, ״אוֹ בֶחָלָל״ — זֶה אֵבֶר הַנֶחְלָל מִן הַחַי וְאֵין בּוֹ לְהַעֲלוֹת אֲרוּכָה,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As the Master said: Ritual impurity** in a sealed grave **breaks through** and **ascends and breaks through and descends,** so that the grave imparts impurity like the corpse itself. **While with regard to contact** with these sources of impurity, **Rav Yehuda said** that **it is taught** in a *baraita* that the verse **“and** upon **him that touched a bone, or the slain,** or the dead, or the grave” (Numbers 19:18) is expounded as follows: **“A bone”; this is a bone that is a barley-grain**-**bulk. “Or the slain”; this is a limb slain,** i.e., severed, **from the living, which does not contain** enough flesh **for it to heal.**


###### Nazir 54a:2
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״אוֹ בְּמֵת״ — זֶה אֵבֶר הַנֶחְלָל מִן הַמֵּת, ״אוֹ בְקָבֶר״ — אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: זֶה קֶבֶר שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַדִּיבּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues its interpretation of the verse. **“Or the dead”; this is a limb slain from a corpse,** which is not covered by enough flesh for it to heal were he alive. **“Or the grave”; Reish Lakish said: This is a grave** that contained a corpse from **before** the time **the command** of these *halakhot* was given to the Jewish people. These graves render people and items ritually impure by contact, but do not carry the *halakhot* of impurity imparted in a tent.


###### Nazir 54a:3
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הַאי אֵבֶר מִן הַמֵּת, הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאִית בֵּיהּ עֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה הַיְינוּ הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּעֶצֶם! אֶלָּא דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ עֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה, וַאֲפִילּוּ הָכִי רַחֲמָנָא רַבְּיֵיהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: With regard to **this limb from a corpse,** which is listed above as imparting ritual impurity by contact, **what are the circumstances** of the case? **If** the limb **contains a bone that is a barley-grain**-**bulk, this is** included in the *halakha* of **one who touches a bone,** and it was already taught that a bone imparts impurity by contact. **Rather,** it must be **that it does not contain a bone that is a barley-grain**-**bulk, and even so the Merciful One includes it** in the *halakhot* of impurity, despite the fact that it does not contain enough flesh. This indicates that a nazirite shaves for a limb of this kind, in accordance with the opinion of Reish Lakish.


###### Nazir 54a:4
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אָמַר לָךְ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: לְעוֹלָם דְּאִית בֵּיהּ. וְאִם אֵינוֹ עִנְיָן לְמַגָּעוֹ — תְּנֵהוּ עִנְיָן לְמַשָּׂאוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: In answer to this proof of Reish Lakish, **Rabbi Yoḥanan** could have **said to you: Actually,** you should explain **that it does contain** a bone the volume of a barley-grain-bulk, **and if it does not** need to refer to **the matter of its contact,** as the verse explicitly states: “Anyone who touches a bone,” **have it refer to the matter of its carrying,** i.e., that one who carries it is also rendered ritually impure.


###### Nazir 54a:5
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וּמַזֶּה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי וְסוֹתֵר וְכוּ׳.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught with regard to any nazirite who became impure from one of the listed sources of impurity: **And** a priest **sprinkles** the ashes of the red heifer on him **on the third and on the seventh** days, **and he negates** all the previous days he counted toward his naziriteship, and he does not begin counting a fresh term of naziriteship until after he becomes pure and brings his offerings.


###### Nazir 54a:6
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אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: הָא דְּקָתָנֵי ״עַד שֶׁיִּטְהַר״, בַּשְּׁבִיעִי קָאֵי — עַד דְּעָבֵיד הֶעֱרֵב שֶׁמֶשׁ, וּמַנִּי — רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הִיא. אוֹ דִילְמָא בַּשְּׁמִינִי קָאֵי, וּמַאי ״עַד שֶׁיִּטְהַר״ — עַד שֶׁיָּבִיא קׇרְבְּנוֹתָיו. וּמַנִּי — רַבָּנַן הִיא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: What is the meaning of **that which is taught** that a nazirite does not start counting **until he is purified?** Does the mishna refer to one who is **standing on the seventh** day of his purification and mean: **Until** he **performs** the requisite waiting for **sunset? And whose** opinion is it? **It is** the opinion of **Rabbi Eliezer,** who rules that a nazirite starts counting from the eighth day, even before he brings his offerings. **Or perhaps** it is referring to one who is **standing on the eighth** day. **And** then, **what** is the meaning of: **Until he is purified?** It means: **Until he brings his offerings. And who is** the author of this opinion? **It is the Rabbis,** who maintain that he begins his fresh period of naziriteship only after he has sacrificed his offering of impurity (see 18b).


###### Nazir 54a:7
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תָּא שְׁמַע, מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא: ״מַתְחִיל וּמוֹנֶה מִיָּד״, הָא רֵישָׁא מַאי ״עַד שֶׁיִּטְהַר״ — עַד שֶׁיָּבִיא קׇרְבְּנוֹתָיו, וּמַנִּי — רַבָּנַן הִיא דְּאָמְרִי: נְזִירוּת דְּטׇהֳרָה עַד שְׁמִינִי לָא חָיְילָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Come** and **hear** a resolution of this dilemma **from** the fact **that it teaches in the latter clause** of the next mishna that a nazirite who does not have to bring an offering **starts counting immediately** after the conclusion of his seven days of purification. The Gemara infers from this mishna: If so, **what is** the meaning of the different term used in **the first clause: Until he is purified?** It means **until he brings his offerings, and whose** opinion is it? **It is** that of **the Rabbis, who say** that the **naziriteship of purity does not commence until the eighth** day.


###### Nazir 54a:8
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**מַתְנִי׳** אֲבָל הַסְּכָכוֹת, וְהַפְּרָעוֹת, וּבֵית הַפְּרָס,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** The previous mishna listed the sources of ritual impurity for which a nazirite must shave. This mishna adds: **However,** the nazirite does not shave for these: **The hanging** branches over a corpse, i.e., a tree overhanging a body that a nazirite passes, but it is uncertain which branches are over a corpse; **and the projecting** stones from fences when the place of the impurity is unknown; **and a *beit haperas*,** a place that contained a grave and was plowed. In the latter case, the entire area around the grave is impure from a corpse due to an uncertainty, as it might contain human bones.


###### Nazir 54a:9
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וְאֶרֶץ הָעַמִּים, וְהַגּוֹלֵל, וְהַדּוֹפֵק, וּרְבִיעִית דָּם, וְאֹהֶל, וְרוֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת, וְכֵלִים הַנּוֹגְעִים בְּמֵת, וּבִימֵי סְפָרוֹ, וּבִימֵי גְמָרוֹ — עַל אֵלּוּ אֵין הַנָּזִיר מְגַלֵּחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna continues its list: **And the land of the nations,** i.e., a nazirite left Eretz Yisrael for another land. The Sages decreed that all land outside of Eretz Yisrael is ritually impure. **And the grave cover; and the grave walls** upon which the cover rests; **and a quarter-***log* **of blood** from a corpse; **and a tent; and a quarter-***kav* **of bones** of a corpse; **and vessels that are touching a corpse. And** if the nazirite is **in the days of his counting,** i.e., the seven days a leper must count after purification from his leprosy; **or in his days of full** leprosy, when he is a full-fledged leper, **for these the nazirite does not shave.** This is the case even if he is rendered impure by one of the sources listed in the previous mishna.


###### Nazir 54a:10
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וּמַזֶּה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** in those cases listed that involve ritual impurity from a corpse, **one sprinkles** the purification water upon him **on the third and on the seventh** days of his purification,