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§ The Mishnah taught: And he is liable to receive lashes only if he eats an olive-bulk of the grapes. The Mishnah continues by noting that with regard to drinking, the first tanna holds that a nazirite is liable for 1/4th-log, whereas R' Akiva maintains that the amount of an olive-bulk applies to l
§ The Mishnah further taught: And he is liable for consuming wine by itself, and for grapes by themselves, and for grape seeds by themselves, and for grape skins by themselves. A baraita states: The verse: “Nor eat fresh grapes or dried” (Numbers 6:3), serves to render him liable for this by itsel
The Talmud adds that in the case of a nazirite this principle serves to include new wine, i.e., grape juice, and grapes. Although these are apparently a single type, as the juice, before fermenting, is merely grapes in liquid form, nevertheless one is liable for grape juice and grapes separately,
§ Abaye says: A nazirite who ate a grape seed is flogged twice, i.e., two sets of 39 lashes, one set for the specific prohibition stated with regard to grape seeds, and the other for the general prohibition “anything that is made of the grapevine” (Numbers 6:4). Likewise, if he ate a grape skin he
Rav Pappa raised an objection to Abaye’s statement. R' Eliezer says: A nazirite who was drinking wine all day is liable to receive only one set of lashes. If two witnesses said to him in warning: Do not drink, do not drink, and he continued drinking, he is liable for each and every one of the warnin