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Nazir 1:4 - 1:5

The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, April 7, 2024 is Nazir 1:4 - 1:5

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Nazir Perek 1 Mishnah 4

נזיר פרק א׳ משנה ד׳

4
If one says: I am hereby a nazirite like the hair of my head, or: Like the dust of the earth, or: Like the sand of the sea, he is a nazirite forever. He has accepted a separate term of naziriteship for every hair or particle of dust or sand, which in practice means that he will be a nazirite forever. And he shaves his hair once every thirty days. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: This nazirite does not shave his hair once every thirty days, as he has accepted upon himself one long term of naziriteship lasting for as many days as there are hairs or particles of dust or sand. And who is the nazirite who shaves his hair once every thirty days? One who says: It is hereby 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 he used the plural term naziriteships, it is clear that he is accepting distinct terms of naziriteship.
הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כִּשְׂעַר רֹאשִׁי, וְכַעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּכְחוֹל הַיָּם, הֲרֵי זֶה נְזִיר עוֹלָם וּמְגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, אֵין זֶה מְגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. וְאֵיזֶהוּ שֶׁמְּגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי נְזִירוּת כִּשְׂעַר רֹאשִׁי, וְכַעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּכְחוֹל הַיָּם:
ד׳

הריני נזיר כשער ראשי – or like the dust of the earth. וכעפר הארץ וכו' ה"ז נזיר עולם – but not a real life-long Nazirite, for if he was a life-long Nazirite, he would shave once in twelve months but this one shaves once in thirty days for since his Naziriteship depends upon empty words as if he made the vow in the number of his Naziriteships like the hairs in his head or like the dust of the earth, which is not the case for a life-long Nazirite where he did not divide his Naziriteships but rather did them all in one [period] of Naziriteship.

רבי אומר אין זה מגלח לשלשים יום – for since he said: “I will be a Nazirite” – all of it is one [period] of Naziriteship and he does not shave other than every twelve months like a life-long Nazirite, and which one shaves every thirty days? The one who says, “Naziriteship will be upon me like the hairs of y head, for then it proves that his Naziriteships are interrupted, he accepted upon himself like the number of hairs on his head, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi [Judah the Prince].

הריני נזיר כשער ראשי וכעפר הארץ וכו׳ ה״ז נזיר עולם. ולא נזיר עולם ממש, דאילו נזיר עולם מגלח אחד לשנים עשר חודש וזה מגלח א׳ לל׳ יום. הואיל ותלה נזירותו בדברים חלוקים, הוי כאילו נדר במנין נזיריותיו כמנין שער ראשו ועפר הארץ, משא״כ בנזיר עולם שלא חלק נזיריות ש. לו אלא נעשה הכל נזירות אחת:

רבי אומר אין זה מגלח אחת לשלשים יום. דכיון דאמר הריני נזיר, הכל נזירות אחת היא ואינו מגלח אלא לשנים עשר חדש כנזיר עולם. ואיזהו מגלח לשלשים יום, האומר הרי עלי נזירות כשער ראשי, דאז מוכיח דנזיריות מופסקות קבל עליו כמנין שער ראשו. ואין הלכה כרבי:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Nazir Perek 1 Mishnah 5

נזיר פרק א׳ משנה ה׳

5
If one says: I am hereby a nazirite in accordance with the capacity of the house, or: The capacity of the basket, one checks with him what he had in mind. If he said: My intention was to take a nazirite vow for one long term of naziriteship, he is a nazirite for only thirty days, in accordance with the ruling of the mishna that the words long or short are of no account when used in a nazirite vow (7a). And if he said: I took a nazirite vow without specification, it is assumed that he meant to accept upon himself terms of naziriteship corresponding to the number of items that fit into the basket, and the smallest items normally placed in baskets are used for this evaluation. Consequently, one views the basket as though it were full of mustard seeds, which are extremely small, and he is a nazirite for his entire life.
הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר מְלֹא הַבַּיִת אוֹ מְלֹא הַקֻּפָּה, בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ, אִם אָמַר אַחַת גְּדוֹלָה נָזָרְתִּי, נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. וְאִם אָמַר סְתָם נָזָרְתִּי, רוֹאִין אֶת הַקֻּפָּה כְּאִלּוּ הִיא מְלֵאָה חַרְדָּל, וְנָזִיר כָּל יָמָיו:
ה׳

אם אמר אחת גדולה נדרתי – One [period of] Naziriteship I accepted and it appeared to me as large as jugful, he is a Nazirite for thirty days.

But if he said, “my vow is unspecified and I did not have in my heart other than how the Sages will judge my language,” this is a Nazirite for all of his days, and he shaves every twelve months.

אם אמר אחת גדולה נדרתי. נזירות אחת קבלתי ונראית לי גדולה כמלא הבית, נזיר ל׳ יום:

ואם אמר סתם נדרתי. ולא היה בלבי אלא כמו שידונו חכמים לשוני, הרי זה נזיר כל ימיו ומגלח כל י״ב חדש:

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