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indicates that fringes in the mitzva stated in the adjacent verse: “You shall make for yourself fringes” (Deuteronomy 22:12), can be from them, wool and linen. By juxtaposing the mitzva of tzitzit to the prohibition against diverse kinds of cloth, the Torah teaches that the positive mitzva of tzitz
§ The Talmud returns to the Mishnah that teaches that nazirites, lepers, and Levites must shave their hair. The Master said above: And with regard to all of them, if they shaved with an implement other than a razor, or if they left two hairs uncut, they have done nothing. Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika, sa
The Talmud asks: From where do we learn this? The Talmud explains: This principle is derived from the fact that God revealed in the Torah and specified with regard to a nazirite: “On the 7th day he shall shave it” (Numbers 6:9), despite the fact that the same verse already stated: “And he shall shav
R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, objects to this assertion. This verse: “On the 7th day he shall shave it,” is written with regard to a ritually impure nazirite, not a pure one, whereas the halakha in the Mishnah applies even to a pure nazirite. This shows that the above inference is invalid. They laugh
On the same topic, Abaye raised a dilemma: With regard to a nazirite who shaved and left two hairs, which is not considered an act of shaving, if the hairs of his head grew and he again shaved, this time those two hairs alone, what is the halakha? Do these hairs invalidate the fulfillment of his