## Nazir Daf 54b

###### Nazir 54b:1
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וְאֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר אֶת הַקּוֹדְמִים, וּמַתְחִיל וּמוֹנֶה מִיָּד, וְקׇרְבָּן אֵין לוֹ. בֶּאֱמֶת אָמְרוּ: יְמֵי הַזָּב וְהַזָּבָה וִימֵי הֶסְגֵּרוֹ שֶׁל מְצוֹרָע, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ עוֹלִין לוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and he does not negate the earlier** days of his naziriteship, but they are considered part of his naziriteship term. **And he starts counting** the rest of his naziriteship to complete his term **immediately** after his purification, **and he has no** obligation to sacrifice **an offering** of impurity for these sources of ritual impurity. **Actually they said** an ancient tradition that these **days of** the impurity of **the *zav*** (Leviticus 15:1–15) **and the *zava*** (Leviticus 15:25–30) **and the days of the confinement of a leper** before he is confirmed as a full-fledged leper (Leviticus 13:4–5) **count for him** toward the period of his naziriteship.


###### Nazir 54b:2
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**גְּמָ׳** וְאֵלּוּ הֵן הַסְּכָכוֹת — אִילָן הַמֵּיסֵךְ עַל הָאָרֶץ. וּפְרָעוֹת — הַיּוֹצְאוֹת מִן הַגָּדֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara explains the terms hangings and projections by citing a mishna (*Oholot* 8:2). **And these are the hangings: A tree that overhangs the earth. And** the **projections** are stones **that protrude from a fence.**


###### Nazir 54b:3
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וְאֶרֶץ הָעַמִּים. אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: אֶרֶץ הָעַמִּים, מִשּׁוּם אַוֵּירָא גָּזְרוּ עָלֶיהָ, אוֹ דִילְמָא מִשּׁוּם גּוּשָּׁא גָּזְרוּ עָלֶיהָ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna further taught: **And the land of the nations** does not render a nazirite obligated to shave, despite the fact that it is considered ritually impure. The Gemara inquires with regard to the nature of this impurity. **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: Did the Sages **decree the land of the nations** impure **with regard to the air,** i.e., is one rendered impure merely by being there? **Or perhaps they decreed** it impure **with regard to the earth,** i.e., one who touches the ground or overlays it becomes impure.


###### Nazir 54b:4
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תָּא שְׁמַע: וּמַזֶּה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי. וְאִי אָמְרַתְּ מִשּׁוּם אַוֵּירָא, הַזָּאָה לְמָה לִי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **Come** and **hear** a resolution to this question from the mishna, which lists one who enters the land of the nations and states: **And one sprinkles** on him **on the third and on the seventh** days. **And if you say** that the decree was **with regard to the air, why do I** need this **sprinkling?** He neither touched something ritually impure nor overlaid it.


###### Nazir 54b:5
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אֶלָּא לָאו, מִשּׁוּם גּוּשָּׁא? לָא, לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ מִשּׁוּם אַוֵּירָא, וְכִי קָתָנֵי — אַשְּׁאָרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, is it not with regard to the earth** that the land of the nations was decreed impure? The Gemara rejects this proof: **No, actually I** could **say to you** that the decree is **due to the air, and when** the mishna **teaches** that he receives the sprinkling, it is referring **to the other** items listed in the mishna, e.g., the grave cover, the grave walls, and a quarter-*log* of blood.


###### Nazir 54b:6
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הָכִי נָמֵי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, מִדְּקָתָנֵי: וְכֵלִים הַנּוֹגְעִים בְּמֵת. הָנֵי כֵּלִים בְּנֵי הַזָּאָה אִינּוּן? אֶלָּא שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ אַשְּׁאָרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **So too, it is reasonable** that this is the case, **from** the fact **that** the mishna also **teaches: And vessels that are touching a corpse.** Now do people who touch **these vessels require sprinkling?** Does one who touches a vessel that is ritually impure from a corpse require the sprinkling of purification water? This individual is impure only until that evening. **Rather, learn from this** that the *halakha* that he is sprinkled on the third and on the seventh days does not refer to all the cases in the mishna but only **to** some of **the others.**