Nazir

The Mishnah

נזיר ח׳Nazir 8

Perek 8 of 9 in Nazir2 mishnayot

Mishnah 1א׳

שְׁנֵי נְזִירִים שֶׁאָמַר לָהֶן אֶחָד, רָאִיתִי אֶחָד מִכֶּם שֶׁנִּטְמָא וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אֵיזֶה מִכֶּם, מְגַלְּחִין וּמְבִיאִין קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּמֵא, קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלְּךָ. וְאִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּהוֹר, קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלְּךָ. וְסוֹפְרִין שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, וּמְבִיאִין קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּמֵא, קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלְּךָ וְזֶה קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָתִי. וְאִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּהוֹר, קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלְּךָ וְזֶה קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָתְךָ. מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶחָד מִן הַשּׁוּק שֶׁיִּדֹּר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ בְנָזִיר, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם טָמֵא הָיִיתִי, הֲרֵי אַתָּה נָזִיר מִיָּד. וְאִם טָהוֹר הָיִיתִי, הֲרֵי אַתָּה נָזִיר אַחַר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. וְסוֹפְרִין שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, וּמְבִיאִין קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּמֵא, קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלְּךְ. וְאִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּהוֹר, קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה בְּסָפֵק. וְסוֹפְרִין שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם וּמְבִיאִין קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּמֵא, קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלְּךָ וְזֶה קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָתִי. וְאִם אֲנִי הוּא הַטָּהוֹר, קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה שֶׁלִּי וְקָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה בְּסָפֵק וְזֶהוּ קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָתְךָ. אָמַר לוֹ בֶן זוֹמָא, וּמִי שׁוֹמֵעַ לוֹ שֶׁיִּדֹּר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ בְנָזִיר. אֶלָּא מֵבִיא חַטַּאת הָעוֹף וְעוֹלַת בְּהֵמָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם טָמֵא הָיִיתִי, הַחַטָּאת מֵחוֹבָתִי וְהָעוֹלָה נְדָבָה. וְאִם טָהוֹר הָיִיתִי, הָעוֹלָה מֵחוֹבָתִי וְהַחַטָּאת בְּסָפֵק. וְסוֹפֵר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם וּמֵבִיא קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה, וְאוֹמֵר, אִם טָמֵא הָיִיתִי, הָעוֹלָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה נְדָבָה וְזוֹ חוֹבָה. וְאִם טָהוֹר הָיִיתִי, הָעוֹלָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה חוֹבָה וְזוֹ נְדָבָה, וְזֶה שְׁאָר קָרְבָּנִי. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, נִמְצָא זֶה מֵבִיא קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו לַחֲצָאִים. אֲבָל הוֹדוּ לוֹ חֲכָמִים לְבֶן זוֹמָא:

There are two nezirim (a person who swears abstention from all grape products like wine, from cutting his hair, and avoidance of corpse impurity), where another said to them, "I saw one of you become impure and I do not know which of you," They [both] shave and bring an offering for impurity and an offering for purity and [one] says, "If I am the impure one, the offering for impurity is mine and the offering for purity is yours. But if I am the pure one, the offering for purity is mine, and the offering of impurity is yours"' Then they count thirty days, and bring an offering for purity, and [one] says, "If I am the impure one, the offering of impurity is mine, and the offering for purity is yours, and this is the offering of my purity. And if I am the pure one, the offering of purity is mine, and the offering of impurity is yours, and this is the offering of your purity." If one of them died, Rabbi Yehoshua said: "[The other one] seeks one from the market who will vow as a nazir in place of him [the dead one], and he [the living one] says, 'If I was impure, behold you are immediately a nazir. But if I was pure, behold you are a nazir after thirty days.' Then they count thirty days, and then bring an offering for purity and an offering for impurity, and [one] says: 'If I am the impure one, the offering for impurity is mine, and the offering for purity is yours. And if I am the pure one, the offering for purity is mine, and the offering for impurity is [offered] with uncertainty.' Then they count thirty days and bring an offering for purity and [one] says, 'If I am the impure one, the offering for impurity is mine and the offering for purity is yours, and this is my offering for purity. But if I am the pure one, the offering for purity is mine, and the offering for impurity is [offered] in uncertainty, and this is the offering of your impurity.'" Ben Zoma said to him: "And who will listen to him in that he will vow to become a nazir in place of him [the dead one]? Rather, he brings a sin-offering of a bird and a burnt-offering of an animal, and says, 'If I was impure, the sin-offering is for my obligation and the burnt-offering is a donation. If I was pure, the burnt-offering is for my obligation and the sin offering is [offered] with uncertainty.' Then he counts thirty days and brings an offering of purity, and says, 'If I was impure, the initial burnt-offering was a donation and this is an obligation. If I was pure, the initial burnt-offering was an obligation, this is a donation, and this is the rest of my offering." Said Rabbi Yehoshua: "It would turn out that this one brings his offerings in parts." But the Sages agreed with Ben Zoma.

Mishnah 2ב׳

נָזִיר שֶׁהָיָה טָמֵא בְסָפֵק וּמֻחְלָט בְּסָפֵק, אוֹכֵל בַּקָּדָשִׁים אַחַר שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם, וְשׁוֹתֶה יַיִן וּמִטַּמֵּא לְמֵתִים אַחַר מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם, שֶׁתִּגְלַחַת הַנֶּגַע דּוֹחָה תִגְלַחַת הַנָּזִיר בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא וַדַּאי, אֲבָל בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא סָפֵק אֵינָהּ דּוֹחָה:

A nazir who is impure with uncertainty and a decided [leper] with uncertainty [may] eat from kodashim (sacrifices which may only be eaten in a pure state) after sixty days and may drink wine and can become impure through corpses after one hundred and twenty days; for shaving due the nega (diseased patch on the skin) overrides the shaving of nazir [only] at the time when it is certain. But when it is uncertain, it does not override.

Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0