## Nazir Daf 8b

###### Nazir 8b:1
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דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה סָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי. דִּתְנַן, רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: אֵין זֶה מְגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. וְאֵיזֶהוּ שֶׁמְּגַלֵּח אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם? הָאוֹמֵר ״[הֲרֵי] עָלַי נְזִירוֹת כִּשְׂעַר רֹאשִׁי״ וְ״כַעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ״ וּ״כְחוֹל הַיָּם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: This is not possible, **as Rabbi Yehuda holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi, **as we learned** in the mishna (8a) with regard to one who vows: I am hereby a nazirite like the hair of my head, **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says: This** nazirite **does not shave** his hair **once** every **thirty days,** as he is considered to have accepted one long term of naziriteship. **And who is** the nazirite **who** has accepted distinct terms of naziriteship and therefore **shaves** his hair **once** every **thirty days?** One **who says: It is** incumbent **upon me** to observe **naziriteships like the hair of my head, or: Like the dust of the earth, or: Like the sand of the sea.** Since Rabbi Yehuda agrees with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, he holds that one who uses a formulation similar to that used in the first case in the mishna and says: I am hereby a nazirite according to the capacity of the basket, has accepted one long term of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 8b:2
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וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה מִי סָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי? וְהָתְנַן: הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה וְכוּ׳. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: מַעֲשֶׂה הָיָה, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהִשְׁלִים — מֵת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And does Rabbi Yehuda hold in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi? **But didn’t we learn** in the mishna that if one says: **I am hereby a nazirite in accordance with the number of days** in **a solar** year, he counts 365 consecutive naziriteships, in accordance with the number of days in a solar year. **Rabbi Yehuda said: There was an incident** where someone took this vow and observed 365 consecutive terms of naziriteship. **Once he completed** all these terms of naziriteship, **he died.**


###### Nazir 8b:3
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אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא נְזִירוֹת קָא מְקַבֵּל עֲלֵיהּ, הַיְינוּ טַעְמָא דְּכֵיוָן דְּהִשְׁלִים — מֵת. אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ חֲדָא נְזִירוּת קַבֵּל עִילָּוֵיהּ — מִי הָוֵי הַשְׁלָמָה כְּלָל?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains its question: **Granted, if you say** that **he accepts upon himself** many **naziriteships, that is the reason** for his statement **that once he completed** all these terms of naziriteship **he died. However, if you say** that Rabbi Yehuda does not agree with the unattributed opinion of the mishna and holds that **he accepted upon himself one** term of **naziriteship** lasting 365 days, **is there completion** here **at all?** Rabbi Yehuda would not have used this terminology in reference to the mishna’s previous statement if he himself holds that the individual accepted only one term of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 8b:4
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וְעוֹד: מִי סָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי? וְהָא תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר מִנְיַן הִילְקְטֵי קַיִץ״, וּ״מִנְיַן שְׁבִלֵי שְׁמִיטָּה״ — מוֹנֶה נְזִירוֹת כְּמִנְיַן הִילְקְטֵי קַיִץ וּכְמִנְיַן שְׁבִלֵי שְׁמִיטָּה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore, does** Rabbi Yehuda **hold in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi? **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Yehuda says:** If one says: **I am hereby a nazirite** like **the number of piles [*helketei*] of figs [*kayitz*]** left to dry, **or:** Like **the number of sheaves of the Sabbatical Year,** he must **count** as many **naziriteships as the number of piles of figs or as the number of sheaves of the Sabbatical Year?** This proves that Rabbi Yehuda does not hold that the individual accepts only one long term of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 8b:5
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״מִנְיָן״ שָׁאנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: This does not prove that Rabbi Yehuda does not agree with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, since one who specifies: Like the **number, is different,** as even Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi would agree that he is referring to distinct terms of naziriteship rather than one long term of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 8b:6
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וּמִי שָׁאנֵי לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי מִנְיָן? וְהָתַנְיָא: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה״ — מוֹנֶה נְזִירוֹת כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה. ״כִּימֵי הַלְּבָנָה״ — מוֹנֶה כִּימֵי הַלְּבָנָה. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר ״נְזִירוֹת עָלַי כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה וּכְמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַלְּבָנָה״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And is** the case of one who says: Like the **number, different** according **to Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi? **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that if one says: **I am hereby a nazirite like the number of days** in **a solar** year, **he counts naziriteships** corresponding **to the number of days** in **a solar** year. If one says: **Like the days** in **a lunar** year, i.e., a year comprised of twelve lunar months, **he counts** terms of naziriteship corresponding **to the days** in **a lunar** year. **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says:** He is assumed to have accepted one term of naziriteship **until he says:** It is incumbent **upon me** to observe **naziriteships like the number of days** in **a solar** year, **or: Like the number of days** in **a lunar** year. This demonstrates that if one did not explicitly use the plural term naziriteships, he is assumed to have accepted a single term of naziriteship even if he said: Like the number.


###### Nazir 8b:7
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה סָבַר לַהּ כְּוָתֵיהּ בַּחֲדָא וּפְלִיג עֲלֵיהּ בַּחֲדָא. סָבַר לַהּ כְּוָתֵיהּ בַּחֲדָא — נְזִירוּת קַבֵּיל עִילָּוֵיהּ. וּפְלִיג עֲלֵיהּ בַּחֲדָא — דְּאִילּוּ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ מוֹנֶה, וְרַבִּי לָא שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ מוֹנֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Rabbi Yehuda holds in accordance with** Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s opinion **in one** case **and disagrees with him in one** case. **He holds in accordance with his** opinion **in one** case, as follows: If one says: I am hereby a nazirite like the hairs of my head, he has **accepted upon himself** one term of **naziriteship** for as many days as the number of hairs on his head. **And he disagrees with him in one** case, **as** according to **Rabbi Yehuda,** the case of one who **counts** is **different** from the previous case, and so one who states: Like the number of hairs of my head, is considered to have accepted many distinct terms of naziriteship. However, according to **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi, one who **counts** is **not different.** He is assumed to have accepted a single term of naziriteship unless he explicitly uses the plural term naziriteships.


###### Nazir 8b:8
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כֹּל יְמֵי חַיַּי״, ״הֲרֵינִי נְזִיר עוֹלָם״ — הֲרֵי זֶה נְזִיר עוֹלָם. אֲפִילּוּ ״מֵאָה שָׁנָה״, אֲפִילּוּ ״אֶלֶף שָׁנִים״ — אֵין זֶה נְזִיר עוֹלָם, אֶלָּא נָזִיר לְעוֹלָם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught:** If **one says: I am hereby a nazirite all the days of my life,** or: **I am hereby a permanent nazirite, he is a permanent nazirite** and he trims his hair on a yearly basis like Absalom. However, in the case of one who accepts upon himself naziriteship for a fixed amount of time, **even** if he says: **One hundred years** or **even: One thousand years, he is not** the specific type of nazirite known as **a permanent nazirite. Rather,** he is a regular **nazirite forever,** and he may never cut his hair.


###### Nazir 8b:9
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר וְאַחַת״ — מוֹנֶה שְׁתַּיִם. ״וְעוֹד״ — מוֹנֶה שָׁלֹשׁ. ״וְשׁוּב״ — מוֹנֶה אַרְבַּע. פְּשִׁיטָא? מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: ״וְשׁוּב״ כִּי כּוּלְּהוּ, וְהָוְיָא לֵיהּ שֵׁית, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן דְּלָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: If one said: **I am hereby a nazirite and one, he counts two** terms of naziriteship, since he first took a nazirite vow and then accepted an additional term of naziriteship. If one said: I am hereby a nazirite and one **and more, he counts three** terms of naziriteship. If he added to that statement: **And again, he counts four.** The Gemara asks: **Isn’t** this last *halakha* **obvious?** The Gemara answers: It is necessary to teach this *halakha*. **Lest you say** that the words **and again** are referring to terms of naziriteship **equal** in number to **all the** terms he has already accepted, **and he has** therefore accepted **six** terms of naziriteship altogether, the *baraita* therefore **teaches us that** this is **not** the correct interpretation of his statement.


###### Nazir 8b:10
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר״ — סוֹמְכוֹס אוֹמֵר: ״הֵן״ — אַחַת, ״דִּיגוֹן״ — שְׁתַּיִם, ״טְרִיגוֹן״ — שָׁלֹשׁ, ״טֶטְרָגוֹן״ — אַרְבַּע, ״פּוֹנְטִיגוֹן״ — חָמֵשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: If one said: **I am hereby a nazirite, Sumakhos says:** If he then added the word ***hen*,** which means one in Greek, he has accepted **one** term of naziriteship. If one said: ***Digon*,** which means two sides in Hebraicized Greek, he must observe **two** terms of naziriteship. If one said: ***Trigon*,** which means triangle in Hebraicized Greek, then he has accepted three terms of naziriteship. If he said: ***Tetragon*,** quadrilateral in Hebraicized Greek, then he has accepted **four** terms, and if he said: ***Puntigon*,** pentagon in Hebraicized Greek, then he has accepted **five** terms of naziriteship.


###### Nazir 8b:11
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בֵּית עִגּוּל, דִּיגוֹן, טְרִיגוֹן, פּוֹנְטִיגוֹן — אֵינוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בִּנְגָעִים, טֶטְרָגוֹן — מִטַּמֵּא בִּנְגָעִים. מַאי טַעְמָא? לְמַטָּה הוּא אוֹמֵר ״קִיר״ ״קִירוֹת״. לְמַעְלָה הוּא אוֹמֵר ״קִיר״ ״קִירוֹת״. הֲרֵי כָּאן אַרְבַּע.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites another *baraita* dealing with these same expressions: **The Sages taught: A round house, a two-sided** house, **a triangle-**shaped house, and **a pentagon-**shaped house **cannot become impure with leprosy,** whereas a house shaped like **a quadrilateral** can **become impure with leprosy. What is the reason** for this? In the verse **below it states,** when referring to **a wall,** the plural term **walls:** “And, behold, if the plague has spread in the walls of the house” (Leviticus 14:39). Additionally, in the verse **above it states,** when referring to **a wall,** the plural term **walls:** “And behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house” (Leviticus 14:37). These plural terms are unnecessary, and it is therefore understood that **there are four** walls mentioned **here** in order to indicate that a house can become impure through leprosy only if it has four sides.


###### Nazir 8b:12
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**הַדְרָן עֲלָךְ כׇּל כִּינּוּיֵי**