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However, if his wife miscarried he is not a nazirite, since his wife did not give birth to a live child. R' Shimon says: Since it is possible that the fetus was viable, in which case his vow of naziriteship takes effect, he should say the following: If this fetus was viable in terms of its develop
If, subsequent to this, his wife gave birth again, he is a nazirite, since the unattributed opinion in the Mishnah holds that the condition of his vow has now been fulfilled. R' Shimon says, following his earlier ruling: He must now accept upon himself an additional naziriteship and he should say:
Talmud: With regard to the statement of the Mishnah that one who vowed to be a nazirite when a son is born to him is a nazirite when his son is born, the Talmud asks: What is the purpose of stating this ruling? Of course he is a nazirite. The Talmud answers: This halakha is stated due to the latter
The Mishnah also taught: And if he said: When I have a child, then even if he has a daughter, a tumtum, or a hermaphrodite, his vow takes effect. The Talmud asks: Isn’t it obvious that this is the case? The Talmud answers: It is necessary to state this lest you say that we require a child of the ki
§ The Mishnah taught that if his wife miscarried he is not a nazirite, even though it may have been a viable child. The Talmud clarifies: According to whose opinion is this taught? The Talmud answers: It is the opinion of R' Yehuda with regard to a heap of wheat. R' Yehuda holds that if one vows t