## Nazir Daf 57b

###### Nazir 57b:1
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דְּקָתָנֵי ״וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אֵיזֶה מִכֶּם״. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**as it teaches: But I do not know which** one **of you.** This indicates that the third individual was too far away to detect which of them became impure. The Gemara says: **Conclude from** the inference from the mishna that it is so.


###### Nazir 57b:2
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מְגַלְּחִין וּמְבִיאִין. וְאַמַּאי? דִּילְמָא לָאו טְמֵאִין אִינּוּן, וְקָעָבֵיד הַקָּפָה! אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בְּאִשָּׁה וְקָטָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught that the two nazirites **shave** and cut their hair **and bring** an offering of impurity and an offering of purity. The Gemara asks: **But why** are they permitted to shave? **Perhaps** both of **them are not impure, and** therefore one of them **violates** the prohibition against **rounding** the head, i.e., shaving the hair on the sides of the head (see Leviticus 19:27), when he shaves his hair unnecessarily. Since one of them does not need to shave, he thereby transgresses a mitzva by Torah law. **Shmuel said:** The mishna is referring **to** a case where each nazirite was **a woman,** who is not prohibited from rounding the hair of her head, **or a minor boy,** who is not obligated in the observance of mitzvot.


###### Nazir 57b:3
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וְלוֹקְמָא בְּגָדוֹל, וְהַקָּפַת כׇּל הָרֹאשׁ — לֹא שְׁמָהּ הַקָּפָה! מִדְּלָא מוֹקֵים לַהּ הָכִי, שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ קָסָבַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַקָּפַת כׇּל הָרֹאשׁ — שְׁמָהּ הַקָּפָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes Shmuel’s answer: **And let** Shmuel **establish** the mishna as referring **to a male who reached majority, and** the reason it is permitted is because **rounding the entire head,** not merely its corners, is **not called rounding** as prohibited by the Torah. **From** the fact that **he does not establish** the mishna in **this** manner, **conclude from it** that **Shmuel maintains** that **rounding the entire head** is **called rounding.**


###### Nazir 57b:4
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מָר זוּטְרָא מַתְנֵי לַהּ לְהָא שְׁמַעְתָּא דִּשְׁמוּאֵל אַסֵּיפָא: נָזִיר שֶׁהָיָה טָמֵא בְּסָפֵק וּמוּחְלָט בְּסָפֵק — אוֹכֵל בְּקָדָשִׁים לְאַחַר שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם, וּמְגַלֵּחַ אַרְבַּע תִּגְלָחוֹת. וְהָא קָעָבֵיד הַקָּפָה! אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בְּאִשָּׁה וְקָטָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Mar Zutra taught this *halakha* of Shmuel** with regard **to the latter clause** of the following mishna (59b): **A nazirite who has uncertain impurity and** whose status as **a confirmed leper is uncertain may eat sacrificial food after sixty days and shaves four times.** One shaving is for his uncertain status as an impure nazirite, one is at the end of his term of naziriteship, and two are due to his status as a leper. A similar problem arose: **But** as he is not definitely obligated to shave, he **violates the** prohibition against **rounding** the head. **Shmuel said:** The mishna is referring **to a woman or a minor boy,** who are not prohibited from rounding their heads.


###### Nazir 57b:5
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אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: הַמַּקִּיף אֶת הַקָּטָן הֲרֵי הוּא חַיָּיב. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה לְרַב הוּנָא: וְדִידָךְ מַאן מְגַלַּח לְהוֹן? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חוֹבָה. תִּקְבְּרִינּוּן חוֹבָה לִבְנַיהּ. כּוּלְּהוּ שְׁנֵי דְּרַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה לָא אִקַּיַּים לֵיהּ זַרְעָא לְרַב הוּנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the same issue, **Rav Huna said:** An adult **who rounds** the head **of a minor boy is liable** to receive lashes, despite the fact that the child himself is not obligated to observe mitzvot. **Rav Adda bar Ahava,** who disputed this ruling, **said to Rav Huna: And** with regard to **your** sons, **who shaves them** and rounds the corners of their heads? After all, you maintain that an adult may not round the head of a minor. Rav Huna **said to him: Ḥova** my wife does it, as she is not prohibited from rounding their heads. Rav Adda bar Ahava exclaimed in anger: **Ḥova should bury her sons** if she acts in this manner. The Gemara reports: During **the years that Rav Adda bar Ahava** was alive, **Rav Huna’s children did not survive.** His children died due to the curse pronounced by Rav Adda.


###### Nazir 57b:6
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מִכְּדִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ סְבִירָא הַקָּפַת כׇּל הָרֹאשׁ שְׁמָהּ הַקָּפָה, בְּמַאי קָמִיפַּלְגִי? רַב הוּנָא, סָבַר ״לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית [אֵת] פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ״. כֹּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ הַשְׁחָתָה — יֵשׁ לוֹ הַקָּפָה, וְהָנֵי נְשֵׁי, הוֹאִיל וְלֵיתַנְהוּ בְּהַשְׁחָתָה — לֵיתַנְהוּ נָמֵי בְּהַקָּפָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Since both** Rav Huna and Rav Adda **maintain** that **rounding the entire head is called rounding, with regard to what do they disagree?** What is the reason for their respective rulings? The Gemara explains: **Rav Huna,** who prohibits an adult male from rounding the head of a minor but permits a woman to do so, **maintains** that the association between the two prohibitions in the verse: **“You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you destroy the corners of your beard”** (Leviticus 19:27), teaches: **Whoever has** the prohibition of the **destruction** of the beard also **has** the prohibition of **rounding. And these women, since they are not** included **in** the prohibition of **destruction,** as they do not have beards, **they are not** included in the prohibition of **rounding either.**


###### Nazir 57b:7
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וְרַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה סָבַר: אֶחָד הַמַּקִּיף וְאֶחָד הַנִּיקָּף בַּמַּשְׁמָע. וְאִיתַּקַּשׁ מַקִּיף לְנִיקָּף: כׇּל הֵיכָא דְּנִיקַּף מִיחַיַּיב — מַקִּיף נָמֵי מִיחַיַּיב. וְהַאי קָטָן, הוֹאִיל וְהוּא גּוּפֵיהּ לָאו בַּר עוּנְשִׁין הוּא דְּמִיחַיַּיב, מַקִּיף נָמֵי לָא מִיחַיַּיב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Adda bar Ahava,** who permits anyone to shave a minor boy’s head, **maintains:** Both **one who rounds and one who is rounded are included** in the phrase “you shall not round,” which is stated in the plural. **And** in this manner the verse **juxtaposes one who rounds to one who is rounded: Wherever one who is rounded is liable, the one who rounds is also liable; and** with regard to **this minor boy, since he himself is not liable to be punished** for this transgression, an adult who **rounds** his head **is also not liable** due to this action.


###### Nazir 57b:8
[Nazir 57b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nazir/r/57b:8)

לֵימָא הַקָּפַת כׇּל הָרֹאשׁ תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״רֹאשׁוֹ״, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Shall we say** that the issue of whether one who **rounds the entire head** is considered to have rounded its corners **is** a dispute between ***tanna’im*? As the Sages taught** in a *baraita*, with regard to a verse that deals with the shaving of a leper: “He shall shave all his hair; **his head** and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off” (Leviticus 14:9). **Why** must **the verse state:** “His head,” after it has already stated: “All his hair”? The *baraita* explains that **since it is stated: “You shall not round the corners of your heads”** (Leviticus 19:27),