## Nedarim Daf 9b

###### Nedarim 9b:1
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כִּי קָאָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר — בְּנֶדֶר, בִּנְדָבָה לָא קָאָמַר. וְהָא קָתָנֵי: ״כְּנִדְבוֹתָם״ — נָדַר בְּנָזִיר וּבְקׇרְבָּן! תְּנִי: נָדַב בְּנָזִיר וּבְקׇרְבָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**When Rabbi Meir said** that one should abstain from making vows, he was referring only **to a vow; he did not say it with regard to a gift** offering. The Gemara asks: **But it is taught** in the mishna that if one said: **Like the gift offerings** of the virtuous, **he has vowed with regard to** becoming **a nazirite or** bringing **an offering;** this indicates that the virtuous vow to become nazirites and bring offerings. The Gemara answers: **Teach** the mishna in the following emended formulation: **He has volunteered with regard to** becoming **a nazirite or** bringing **an offering.**


###### Nedarim 9b:2
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מַאי שְׁנָא נוֹדֵר דְּלָא — דִּלְמָא אָתֵי בָּהּ לִידֵי תַקָּלָה? נְדָבָה נָמֵי לָא — דִּלְמָא אָתֵי בָּהּ לִידֵי תַקָּלָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is different about one who vows,** i.e., one who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring an offering, **which is not** proper to do due to the concern that **perhaps he will encounter a stumbling block** and not bring **it** promptly, thereby violating the prohibition against delaying? One should **also not** designate a particular animal as a **gift** offering due to the concern that **perhaps he will encounter a stumbling block with it.** Once the animal is consecrated, anyone who unwittingly benefits from it, e.g., by shearing it or working with it, transgresses the prohibition against misusing consecrated property.


###### Nedarim 9b:3
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כְּהִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן. דְּתַנְיָא: אָמְרוּ עַל הִילֵּל הַזָּקֵן שֶׁלֹּא מָעַל אָדָם בְּעוֹלָתוֹ כׇּל יָמָיו. מְבִיאָהּ כְּשֶׁהִיא חוּלִּין לָעֲזָרָה, וּמַקְדִּישָׁהּ, וְסוֹמֵךְ עָלֶיהָ, וְשׁוֹחֲטָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: In the case of a gift offering, he can act **like Hillel the Elder. As it is taught** in a *baraita*: **They said about Hillel the Elder that no person misused his burnt-offering in his lifetime.** How did he ensure this? He was careful not to consecrate the animal in advance; rather, **he would bring it when it was unconsecrated to** the Temple **courtyard and** there he would **consecrate it, and** then immediately he would **place his hand on its** head **and slaughter it.** Consequently, there was no opportunity to misuse it.


###### Nedarim 9b:4
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הָנִיחָא נְדָבָה דְקׇרְבָּנוֹת. נְדָבָה דִנְזִירוּת מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר? סָבַר לַהּ כְּשִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **This works out well** with regard to voluntary **gifts** in the context **of offerings,** but with regard to the **voluntary** acceptance **of naziriteship, what is there to say?** There is still room for concern that he will not fulfill the obligations incumbent upon him as a nazirite. The Gemara answers: Rabbi Meir **holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Shimon HaTzaddik.**


###### Nedarim 9b:5
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דְּתַנְיָא, אָמַר (רַבִּי) שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק: מִיָּמַי לֹא אָכַלְתִּי אֲשַׁם נָזִיר טָמֵא אֶלָּא אֶחָד. פַּעַם אַחַת בָּא אָדָם אֶחָד נָזִיר מִן הַדָּרוֹם, וּרְאִיתִיו שֶׁהוּא יְפֵה עֵינַיִם וְטוֹב רוֹאִי וּקְווּצּוֹתָיו סְדוּרוֹת לוֹ תַּלְתַּלִּים. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: בְּנִי, מָה רָאִיתָ לְהַשְׁחִית אֶת שְׂעָרְךָ זֶה הַנָּאֶה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Shimon HaTzaddik said: In all my days** as a priest, **I never ate the guilt-offering of a ritually impure nazirite except** for **one** occasion. **One time, a particular man who was a nazirite came from the South and I saw that he had beautiful eyes and was good looking, and the fringes of his hair were arranged in curls. I said to him: My son, what did you see** that made you decide **to destroy this beautiful hair of yours** by becoming a nazirite? A nazirite must shave off his hair at the completion of his term. If he becomes impure before the completion of his term, he shaves off his hair and starts his term of naziriteship again.


###### Nedarim 9b:6
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אָמַר לִי: רוֹעֶה הָיִיתִי לְאַבָּא בְּעִירִי, הָלַכְתִּי לְמַלּאוֹת מַיִם מִן הַמַּעְיָין וְנִסְתַּכַּלְתִּי בַּבָּבוּאָה שֶׁלִּי, וּפָחַז עָלַי יִצְרִי וּבִקֵּשׁ לְטוֹרְדֵנִי מִן הָעוֹלָם. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: רָשָׁע! לָמָה אַתָּה מִתְגָּאֶה בְּעוֹלָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ שֶׁלְּךָ, בְּמִי שֶׁהוּא עָתִיד לִהְיוֹת רִמָּה וְתוֹלֵעָה? הָעֲבוֹדָה, שֶׁאֲגַלֵּחֲךָ לַשָּׁמַיִם!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He said to me: I was a shepherd for** my **father in my city,** and **I went to draw water from the spring, and I looked at my reflection [*babavua*]** in the water **and my** evil **inclination quickly overcame me and sought to expel me from the world. I said to** myself: **Wicked one! Why do you pride yourself in a world that is not yours?** Why are you proud **of someone who will eventually be** food in the grave **for worms and maggots,** i.e., your body? I swear **by the** Temple **service that I shall shave you for** the sake of **Heaven.**


###### Nedarim 9b:7
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מִיָּד עָמַדְתִּי וּנְשַׁקְתִּיו עַל רֹאשׁוֹ, אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: בְּנִי, כָּמוֹךָ יִרְבּוּ נוֹזְרֵי נְזִירוּת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. עָלֶיךָ הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר ״אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא לִנְדֹּר נֶדֶר נָזִיר לְהַזִּיר לַה׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Shimon HaTzaddik continues the narrative: **I immediately arose and kissed him on his head. I said to him: My son, may there be more who take vows of naziriteship like you among the Jewish people. About you the verse states: “When** either **a man** or a woman **shall clearly utter a vow, the vow of a nazirite, to consecrate himself to the Lord”** (Numbers 6:2). This is an example of voluntary acceptance of naziriteship, i.e., becoming a nazirite with entirely pure intentions rather than as a rash statement, e.g., while in a fit of anger.


###### Nedarim 9b:8
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבִּי מָנִי: מַאי שְׁנָא אֲשַׁם נָזִיר טָמֵא דְּלָא אֲכַל — דְּאָתֵי עַל חֵטְא? כׇּל אֲשָׁמוֹת נָמֵי לָא לֵיכוֹל, דְּעַל חֵטְא אָתוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Mani strongly objects to** the statement of Shimon HaTzaddik. **What is different about the guilt-offering of a ritually impure nazirite that** Shimon HaTzaddik **did not eat, because it came as a result of sin** when the individual violated the terms of his naziriteship by becoming impure? **Let him also not eat all** other **guilt-offerings, as they** too **come as a result of sin.**


###### Nedarim 9b:9
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹנָה, הַיְינוּ טַעְמָא: כְּשֶׁהֵן תּוֹהִין נוֹזְרִין. וּכְשֶׁהֵן מִטַּמְּאִין וְרָבִין עֲלֵיהֶן יְמֵי נְזִירוּת, מִתְחָרְטִין בָּהֶן, וְנִמְצְאוּ מְבִיאִין חוּלִּין לָעֲזָרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yona said to him: This is the reason: When they regret** their misdeeds **they become nazirites, and when they become ritually impure and the days of** their **naziriteship are increased,** as they must become pure and then begin their terms of naziriteship again, **they regret** having become nazirites. **They will then turn out to be bringing non-sacred** animals **into** the Temple **courtyard.** Since they do not wish to bring the offerings of a nazirite, their offerings are undesirable, and it is as though the animals are non-sacred.


###### Nedarim 9b:10
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אִי הָכִי, אֲפִילּוּ נָזִיר טָהוֹר נָמֵי! נָזִיר טָהוֹר לָא, דְּאָמוֹדֵי אָמֵיד נַפְשֵׁיהּ דְּיָכוֹל לִנְדּוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **If so,** then Shimon HaTzaddik should have abstained from eating **even** the offerings of **a ritually pure nazirite as well** for the same reason; perhaps he too regretted his decision to become a nazirite. The Gemara answers: In the case of **a pure nazirite** there is **no** concern **because he assessed himself** and realized **that** he was **able to vow** and to keep his vow for the term of his naziriteship. However, in the case of a ritually impure nazirite, where the naziriteship was extended for longer than he had estimated due to his contracting impurity, there is concern that he regrets having become a nazirite.


###### Nedarim 9b:11
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וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests a different answer to the question of the identity of the *tanna* whose opinion is expressed in the mishna. **And if you wish, say:**