## Nazir Daf 56a

###### Nazir 56a:1
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אוֹכֵל בְּקָדָשִׁים לְאַחַר שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**he eats sacrificial food after sixty days,** when the status of uncertain leprosy has passed, and when he has completed all his obligations of naziriteship. He cannot shave for his leprosy right away, as he might be a pure nazirite, and the status of uncertain leprosy does not override naziriteship. Instead, after thirty days he shaves for his uncertain status as a confirmed leper and for his uncertain status as a pure nazirite. Once again, he is not permitted to shave a second time seven days later for the shaving done by a leper as part of his purification process in case he was not a leper but impure. Were that the case, it would mean that the previous shaving was for his impurity, and therefore he would be required to observe naziriteship in purity for thirty days. At the conclusion of this period, i.e., the sixtieth day, he shaves and may eat sacrificial food on the following day, as even if he was a full-fledged leper he has now shaved twice.


###### Nazir 56a:2
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וְשׁוֹתֶה יַיִן וּמִיטַּמֵּא לְמֵתִים לְאַחַר מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And he drinks wine and may become impure to** bury **a corpse after 120 days.** In other words, this individual has not yet completed his naziriteship vow, as he might have been a confirmed leper, in which case both his acts of shaving would have counted for his leprosy. He therefore waits another thirty days and proceeds to shave on day ninety. Even at that stage, he may not yet drink wine or contract ritual impurity from a corpse, as he might have been impure, which would mean that his third shaving was for his impurity. Consequently, he counts another period of thirty days for his naziriteship of purity, at the end of which he may perform the shaving of purity, drink wine, and become impure from a corpse, 120 days from the start of his naziriteship.


###### Nazir 56a:3
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וְתָנֵי עֲלַהּ: בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים — בִּנְזִירוּת מוּעֶטֶת, אֲבָל בִּנְזִירוּת בַּת שָׁנָה — אוֹכֵל בְּקָדָשִׁים לְאַחַר שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And it is taught** in the *Tosefta* (6:1) **with regard to** that mishna: **In what** case **is this statement said? With regard to a short naziriteship** of thirty days. **However, with regard to a naziriteship of a year, he eats sacrificial food after two years.** He cannot shave until a year has passed, in case he is not a leper, and he may shave the second time only after a second year, in case he was ritually impure, and this was his naziriteship observed in purity. After two years, he may eat sacrificial meat, for if he was a full-fledged leper he has shaved twice.


###### Nazir 56a:4
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וְשׁוֹתֶה יַיִן וּמִיטַּמֵּא לְמֵתִים לְאַחַר אַרְבַּע שָׁנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, if the first two shavings were for his leprosy, he has not shaved for his naziriteship at all, and therefore he must observe an additional year, shave, and observe another year of naziriteship, as perhaps his third shaving was for impurity and the other for his naziriteship in purity. **And** consequently, **he may drink wine and become impure to** bury **a corpse after four years.**


###### Nazir 56a:5
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וְאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ סָלְקִין לֵיהּ יוֹמֵי — תִּיסְגֵּי לֵיהּ בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if it enters your mind** that the **days** during which he was ritually impure **count toward his** naziriteship, **it should be enough for him to** observe **three years and thirty days.** Due to uncertainty, he cannot shave for his leprosy until a year has passed, in case he was a pure nazirite, and he must wait another year for his second shaving, as he might have been an impure nazirite. However, at that point, if the days of his counting are considered part of his naziriteship, as claimed by Rav Ḥisda, he should be allowed to wait a mere thirty days for hair growth, shave for his impure naziriteship, and then add a final year for his naziriteship in purity. The fact that he is obligated to wait four years proves that his time as a leper does not count toward his naziriteship.


###### Nazir 56a:6
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וְעוֹד מֵתִיב רַב אָשֵׁי: אֵין לִי אֶלָּא יְמֵי טוּמְאָה, שֶׁאֵין עוֹלִין לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן. יְמֵי חִלּוּטוֹ, מִנַּיִן? וְדִין הוּא: יְמֵי טוּמְאָה — מְגַלֵּחַ וּמֵבִיא קׇרְבָּן, וִימֵי חִלּוּטוֹ — מְגַלֵּחַ וּמֵבִיא קׇרְבָּן. מָה יְמֵי טוּמְאָתוֹ אֵין עוֹלִין לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן — אַף יְמֵי חִלּוּטוֹ אֵין עוֹלִין לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Ashi raised a further objection** from the following halakhic midrash: **I have** derived **only that the days of impurity do not count** as part **of his tally** of his naziriteship. **From where** do I derive that **the days of his** status as **a confirmed** leper also do not count toward his naziriteship? **And is this** not **logical:** After **the days of impurity he shaves and brings an offering, and** after **his days of confirmed** leprosy **he** likewise **shaves and brings an offering; just as his days of impurity do not count** as part **of his tally, so too, the days of confirmed** leprosy should **not count** as part **of his tally.**


###### Nazir 56a:7
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לֹא, אִם אָמַרְתָּ בִּימֵי טוּמְאָתוֹ — שֶׁכֵּן מְבַטֵּל בָּהֶן אֶת הַקּוֹדְמִים, תֹּאמַר בִּימֵי חִלּוּטוֹ — שֶׁאֵין מְבַטֵּל בָּהֶן אֶת הַקּוֹדְמִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this argument: **No, if you say** that this is true **with regard to his days of impurity, which negate the previous** days, **shall you** also **say** that this is the case **with regard to his days of confirmed** leprosy, **which do not negate the previous** ones, as stated in the mishna?


###### Nazir 56a:8
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אָמַרְתָּ, קַל וָחוֹמֶר הוּא: וּמָה נָזִיר בְּקֶבֶר, שֶׁשְּׂעָרוֹ רָאוּי לְתִגְלַחַת נְזִירוּת, אֵין עוֹלִין לוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן. יְמֵי חִלּוּטוֹ, שֶׁאֵין שְׂעָרוֹ רָאוּי לְתִגְלַחַת נְזִירוּת — לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests another proof. **You** can **say it is an *a fortiori*** inference: **And if a nazirite** who uttered his vow when he was **in** a ritually impure place, e.g., a place of **a grave, whose hair is fit for the shaving of naziriteship,** and yet those days when he was impure **do not count** as part **of his tally,** then with regard to **his days of confirmed** leprosy, **when his hair is not fit for the shaving of naziriteship,** as he must first perform the shaving of leprosy, is it **not all the more so** that they should not count toward his naziriteship?


###### Nazir 56a:9
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וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא יְמֵי חִלּוּטוֹ. יְמֵי סְפָרוֹ, מִנַּיִן? וְדִין הוּא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And I have** derived **only his days of confirmed** leprosy. **From where** do I derive that **his days of counting** for purification from leprosy are not considered part of his term either? **And is this** not **logical:**