## Nazir Daf 6b

###### Nazir 6b:1
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אָמַר לָךְ בַּר פְּדָא: אֵימָא סֵיפָא, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר אֶלָּא שִׁבְעָה. אִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּעִינַן, נִסְתּוֹר כּוּלְּהוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Bar Padda** could have **said to you: Say the latter clause** of that mishna: **Rabbi Eliezer says: It negates only seven** days. **If it enters your mind** that **we require thirty** days for a term of naziriteship, the nazirite **should negate all of them,** since he is still in the middle of his naziriteship. This proves that an unspecified naziriteship is only twenty-nine days long.


###### Nazir 6b:2
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קָסָבַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds that Rav Mattana can explain Rabbi Eliezer’s opinion as follows: This does not prove that an unspecified term of naziriteship is less than thirty days, as **Rabbi Eliezer holds** that the legal status of **part of the day is like** that **of an entire** day, and it is viewed as though the nazirite has completed his term of naziriteship at the start of the thirtieth day.


###### Nazir 6b:3
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תְּנַן: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר מֵאָה יוֹם״, נִטְמָא יוֹם מֵאָה — סוֹתֵר אֶת הַכֹּל. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. וְאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ סָבַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ — נִסְתּוֹר שִׁבְעָה, וְאִי לָא סָבַר מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ — לִיסְתּוֹר כּוּלְּהוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty with Rabbi Eliezer’s opinion. **We learned** in the mishna (16a): If one says: **I am hereby a nazirite** for **one hundred days,** if **he became impure** on the **one hundredth day, it negates the entire** tally. He must bring offerings for having become impure, and he then begins his term of naziriteship anew. **Rabbi Eliezer says: It negates only thirty days.** The Gemara comments: **And if it enters your mind** that **Rabbi Eliezer holds** that the legal status of **part of the day is like** that **of an entire** day, the nazirite **should negate seven** days because it is considered as though he became impure after completing his term of naziriteship. **And if he does not hold** that **part of the day is like an entire** day, **he should negate all of** the days, since he became impure during his naziriteship.


###### Nazir 6b:4
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לְעוֹלָם לָא אָמְרִינַן מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ. אִי הָכִי לִיסְתּוֹר כּוּלְּהוּ! אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ, הַיְינוּ טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, אָמַר קְרָא: ״זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַנָּזִיר בְּיוֹם מְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ״, הַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה: נִטְמָא בְּיוֹם מְלֹאת — תֵּן לוֹ תּוֹרַת נָזִיר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Actually, we do not say** that the legal status of **part of the day is like** that **of an entire** day. The Gemara asks: **If that is so,** then **let him negate all of** the days. **Reish Lakish said** that **this is the reason of Rabbi Eliezer: The verse states: “This is the law of the nazirite, on the day when the days of his consecration are complete”** (Numbers 6:13). **The Torah stated:** If **he became impure on the day of the completion** of his term of naziriteship, **give him the *halakha* of** an unspecified **nazirite,** and he must recount an unspecified term of naziriteship, which is thirty days.


###### Nazir 6b:5
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לֵימָא כְּתַנָּאֵי: ״עַד מְלֹאת הַיָּמִים״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Until this point the Gemara has been attempting to prove whether the *halakha* is in accordance with the opinion of Rav Mattana or bar Padda. The Gemara now suggests: **Let us say** that this is **parallel to** a dispute between ***tanna’im*,** as it is taught in a *baraita*: The verse states: **“Until the days are complete,** in which he consecrated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long” (Numbers 6:5).


###### Nazir 6b:6
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שׁוֹמְעַנִי מִיעוּט ״יָמִים״ שְׁנַיִם — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״קָדוֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע״, אֵין גִּידּוּל שֵׂעָר פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשִׁים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**I hear** from this: The **least** amount of days that the plural **“days”** can indicate is **two,** implying that one can become a nazirite for a term of two days. Therefore, **the verse states: “He shall be holy, he shall let** the locks of the hair of his head **grow long,”** and **there is no** significant **growth of hair** in **less than thirty** days. This is **the statement of Rabbi Yoshiya.**


###### Nazir 6b:7
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רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ, הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר ״עַד מְלֹאת הַיָּמִים״, אִי אֵלּוּ הֵן יָמִים שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לְמַלּאוֹת? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר שְׁלֹשִׁים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yonatan says:** This proof is **not needed, as** the verse **says: “Until the days are complete.” What are the days that require completion? You must say** this is referring to the days of a month. Since a lunar cycle lasts for approximately twenty-nine and a half days, some months are twenty-nine days, whereas full months are **thirty** days. This demonstrates that a term of naziriteship must be at least one month.


###### Nazir 6b:8
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מַאי לָאו: רַב מַתְנָא דְּאָמַר כְּרַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה, וּבַר פְּדָא דְּאָמַר כְּרַבִּי יוֹנָתָן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **What, is it not** the case that **Rav Mattana said in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yoshiya,** who derives the minimum length of a term of naziriteship from the phrase “he shall be holy, he shall let his hair grow long,” and therefore a term of naziriteship lasts thirty days, **and bar Padda said in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yonatan,** who derives this *halakha* from the length of a month, and since a month can be twenty-nine days, the minimum length of a term of naziriteship is also twenty-nine days?


###### Nazir 6b:9
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אָמַר לְךָ רַב מַתְנָא: כּוּלֵּי עָלְמָא שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּעִינַן, וְהָכָא בְּ״עַד״ וְ״עַד״ בַּכְּלָל פְּלִיגִי. רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה סָבַר: ״עַד״ וְלֹא ״עַד״ בַּכְּלָל. וְרַבִּי יוֹנָתָן סָבַר: ״עַד״ וְ״עַד״ בַּכְּלָל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **Rav Mattana** could have **said to you: Everyone** agrees that **we require** a term of naziriteship to last at least **thirty** days, **and here they disagree with regard to** whether **“until”** means **until and including. Rabbi Yoshiya holds** that **“until** the days are complete” indicates that a term of naziriteship must last **until, but not** necessarily **including,** the thirtieth day of a full month. Consequently, he derives the minimum length of a term of naziriteship from the phrase “he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.” **And Rabbi Yonatan holds** that the term **“until”** means **until and including** the thirtieth day of a full month, and he derives the minimum length of a term of naziriteship from the phrase “until the days are complete.”


###### Nazir 6b:10
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אָמַר מָר: אִי אֵלּוּ הֵן יָמִים שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לְמַלּאוֹת — הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר שְׁלֹשִׁים. וְאֵימָא שַׁבָּת! שַׁבָּת מִי אִיכָּא חַסִּירוּתָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara now analyzes the *baraita* that cites the opinions of Rabbi Yoshiya and Rabbi Yonatan. **The Master,** Rabbi Yonatan, **said: What are the days that require completion? You must say** this is referring to the **thirty** days of a full month. The Gemara asks: **But say** it is referring to the seven days of **a week.** The Gemara responds: In the case of **a week, is there** ever a week that is **lacking?** All weeks are seven days. Conversely, since some months are twenty-nine days and others are thirty days, it can be said that the thirtieth day completes that which was lacking.