נזיר ה׳Nazir 5

Mishnah 1א׳

בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, הֶקְדֵּשׁ טָעוּת הֶקְדֵּשׁ. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ. כֵּיצַד. אָמַר, שׁוֹר שָׁחוֹר שֶׁיֵּצֵא מִבֵּיתִי רִאשׁוֹן הֲרֵי הוּא הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְיָצָא לָבָן, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ:

Beit Shammai says: "Sanctified property [which was sanctified] in error is sanctified property." And Beit Hillel says: "It is not sanctified property." How [does this work]? [A person] says, "The black ox that leaves my house first is sanctified property," but a white one leaves. Beit Shammai says: "Sanctified." And Beit Hillel says: "It is not sanctified."

Mishnah 2ב׳

דִּינַר זָהָב שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה בְיָדִי רִאשׁוֹן הֲרֵי הוּא הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְעָלָה שֶׁל כֶּסֶף, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ. חָבִית שֶׁל יַיִן שֶׁתַּעֲלֶה בְיָדִי רִאשׁוֹנָה הֲרֵי הִיא הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְעָלְתָה שֶׁל שֶׁמֶן, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ:

"The golden dinar [a specific unit of money] that comes to my hand first, behold it is sanctified," but a silver dinar comes out. Beit Shammai says: "Sanctified." And Beit Hillel says: "It is not sanctified." "The barrel of wine that comes to my hand first, behold it is sanctified," but [one] of oil comes out. Beit Shammai says: "Sanctified." And Beit Hillel says: "It is not sanctified."

Mishnah 3ג׳

מִי שֶׁנָּדַר בְּנָזִיר וְנִשְׁאַל לְחָכָם וַאֲסָרוֹ, מוֹנֶה מִשָּׁעָה שֶׁנָּדַר. נִשְׁאַל לְחָכָם וְהִתִּירוֹ, הָיְתָה לוֹ בְהֵמָה מֻפְרֶשֶׁת, תֵּצֵא וְתִרְעֶה בָעֵדֶר. אָמְרוּ בֵית הִלֵּל לְבֵית שַׁמַּאי, אִי אַתֶּם מוֹדִים בָּזֶה שֶׁהוּא הֶקְדֵּשׁ טָעוּת שֶׁתֵּצֵא וְתִרְעֶה בָעֵדֶר. אָמְרוּ לָהֶן בֵּית שַׁמַּאי, אִי אַתֶּם מוֹדִים בְּמִי שֶׁטָּעָה וְקָרָא לַתְּשִׁיעִי עֲשִׂירִי וְלָעֲשִׂירִי תְשִׁיעִי וְלָאַחַד עָשָׂר עֲשִׂירִי שֶׁהוּא מְקֻדָּשׁ. אָמְרוּ לָהֶם בֵּית הִלֵּל, לֹא הַשֵּׁבֶט קִדְּשׁוֹ. וּמָה אִלּוּ טָעָה וְהִנִּיחַ אֶת הַשֵּׁבֶט עַל שְׁמִינִי וְעַל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, שֶׁמָּא עָשָׂה כְלוּם. אֶלָּא כָּתוּב שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אֶת הָעֲשִׂירִי, הוּא קִדֵּשׁ אֶת הַתְּשִׁיעִי וְאֶת אַחַד עָשָׂר:

Someone who vowed to be a nazir and asked a sage [to nullify his vow] but [the sage] prohibited him [i.e. upheld the vow], he counts [his period of oath] from the time that he swore. [If] he asked a sage and he permitted him [to nullify his vow]: [if] he had an animal set aside, it can go and graze with the flock. Beit Hillel said to Beit Shammai: "Do you not agree with this that it is mistaken sanctification [i.e. he did not mean to make something holy], where it goes and grazes with the flock'and is not sanctified?" Beit Shammai said to them: "Do you not agree about one who made a mistake (in counting the tenth animal to be tithed] and called the ninth, 'Tenth,' and the tenth, 'Ninth,' or the eleventh, 'Tenth,' that it is sanctified?" Beit Hillel said to them: "The staff does not sanctify it. What [if] he made a mistake and put the staff on the eighth or twelfth [animal]? Has he done anything? Rather, the verse which sanctifies the tenth, it sanctifies the ninth and the eleventh."

Mishnah 4ד׳

מִי שֶׁנָּדַר בְּנָזִיר וְהָלַךְ לְהָבִיא אֶת בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וּמְצָאָהּ שֶׁנִּגְנְבָה, אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִגְנְבָה בְהֶמְתּוֹ נָזַר, הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. וְאִם מִשֶּׁנִּגְנְבָה בְהֶמְתּוֹ נָזַר, אֵינוֹ נָזִיר. וְזוֹ טָעוּת טָעָה נַחוּם הַמָּדִי כְּשֶׁעָלוּ נְזִירִים מִן הַגּוֹלָה וּמָצְאוּ בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ חָרֵב, אָמַר לָהֶם נַחוּם הַמָּדִי, אִלּוּ הֱיִיתֶם יוֹדְעִים שֶׁבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ חָרֵב הֱיִיתֶם נוֹזְרִים. אָמְרוּ לוֹ לֹא, וְהִתִּירָן נַחוּם הַמָּדִי. וּכְשֶׁבָּא הַדָּבָר אֵצֶל חֲכָמִים, אָמְרוּ לוֹ, כֹּל שֶׁנָּזַר עַד שֶׁלֹּא חָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, נָזִיר. וּמִשֶּׁחָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֵינוֹ נָזִיר:

One who vowed to be a nazir, went to bring his [sacrificial] animal, and found that it was stolen: if while his animal was not yet stolen he made his nazir vow, behold he is a nazir. And if from [the time] when his animal was stolen he made his nazir vow, he is not a nazir. And this is the mistake that Nachum the Median made when the nezirim came up [to Israel] from exile and found the Temple destroyed. Nachum the Median said to them, "If you had known that the Temple was destroyed, would you have made nazir vows?" They said to him, "No," and he permitted them (he annulled their vows). And when the matter came to the sages, they said to him, "Anyone who made a nazir vow while the Temple was not destroyed is a nazir. And from [the time] when the Temple was destroyed, he is not a nazir."

Mishnah 5ה׳

הָיוּ מְהַלְּכִין בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְאֶחָד בָּא כְנֶגְדָּן, אָמַר אֶחָד מֵהֶן הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה פְלוֹנִי, וְאֶחָד אָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה פְלוֹנִי, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, שֶׁאֵין אֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, שֶׁשְּׁנֵיכֶם נְזִירִים, שֶׁכֻּלְּכֶם נְזִירִים, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים כֻּלָּם נְזִירִים. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ נָזִיר אֶלָּא מִי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְקַיְּמוּ דְבָרָיו. וְרַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶם נָזִיר:

Some were walking on the road and someone was coming opposite them. One of them said, "Behold I am nazir if that is so and so." And one said, "Behold I am a nazir if that is not so and so." [Another said,] "Behold I am a nazir if one of you is a nazir." [Another said,] "[Behold I am a nazir] if neither of you is a nazir." [Another said,] "[Behold I am a nazir] if two of you are nezirim." [Another said,] "[Behold I am a nazir] if all of you are nezirim." Beit Shammai says: "They are all nezirim." Beit Hillel says: "None is a nazir except for the one whose words are not upheld." Rabbi Tarfon says: "None of them is a nazir."

Mishnah 6ו׳

הִרְתִּיעַ לַאֲחוֹרָיו, אֵינוֹ נָזִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, יֹאמַר, אִם הָיָה כִדְבָרַי, הֲרֵינִי נְזִיר חוֹבָה. וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵינִי נְזִיר נְדָבָה:

If one withdrew behind, he is not a nazir. Rabbi Shimon says: "He should say, 'If it was like my words, behold I am an obligatory nazir. And if not, behold I am a voluntary nazir.'"

Mishnah 7ז׳

רָאָה אֶת הַכּוֹי וְאָמַר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה חַיָּה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה אֵינוֹ חַיָּה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה חַיָּה וּבְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה לֹא חַיָּה וְלֹא בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין אֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁכֻּלְּכֶם נְזִירִים, הֲרֵי כֻלָּם נְזִירִים:

[If] one saw a koi [animal of ambiguous status, exhibiting characteristics of wild and domesticated animals] and said, "Behold, I am a nazir if that is a wild animal," [and one says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if that is not a wild animal," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if that is a domesticated animal," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if that is not a domesticated animal," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if that is a wild and domesticated animal," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if that is neither a wild nor a domesticated animal," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if one of you is a nazir," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if none of you is a nazir," [and another says,] "Behold, I am a nazir if all of you are nezirim." Behold, they are all nezirim.