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32. Nazirites - Nezirus
If one vows to be a nazirite he must let the hair
of his head grow and is forbidden to cut it; he is also
forbidden to drink anything containing wine or to eat
grapes or raisins or to become impure through contact
with a corpse, as it says ["If a man or woman makes the
vow of a nazirite... he shall abstain from wine or strong
drink; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or of strong
drink and shall not drink anything obtained by soaking
grapes and shall not eat wet or dry grapes; all the days
that he is a nazirite he shall not eat anything made from
the grapevine, from grapestones to grapeskins; all the
days of his nazirite vow] no razor shall touch his head...
he shall let the head of his hair grow; [all the days
that he is a nazirite to Ha-Shem he shall not come near
a dead person... he shall not become impure...].1,a
When the vow expires (if the Temple exists) the nazirite
must bring three sacrifices and shave off his hair
[as it says "On the day that his nazirite vow is
fulfilled... the nazirite shall shave the hair of his head"]2;
he is then no longer a nazirite.
When the Temple does not exist all nazirites are perpetual.b
One cannot be a nazirite for less than 30 days. If one
becomes a perpetual nazirite he can cut his hair once a year
(and when the Temple exists, must bring the three sacrifices
at each such time).c If one's hair is cut he must add 30
days to the time of his vow; if one comes into certain
types of contact with a corpse he must shave off his hair
and start from the beginning (and when the Temple exists,
must bring three sacrifices), as it says ["And if he becomes
impure... he must shave his head on the day that he
becomes pure... and keep the days of his nazirite vow...]
and the first days fall away".3,d
Sources: |
| 1. Num. 6:2-7 |
a. 1:1; see 5:1-2 |
| 2. Num. 6:13-20 |
b. 2:20; 4:12; 8:lff |
| 3. Num. 6:9-12 |
c. 3:1,12 |
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d. 6:1,3,11; 7:lff |
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