Nazir 54B

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and he does not negate the earlier days of his naziriteship, but they are considered part of his naziriteship term. And he starts counting the rest of his naziriteship to complete his term immediately after his purification, and he has no obligation to sacrifice an offering of impurity for these sou

Talmud: The Talmud explains the terms hangings and projections by citing a Mishnah (Oholot 8:2). And these are the hangings: A tree that overhangs the earth. And the projections are stones that protrude from a fence.

§ The Mishnah further taught: And the land of the nations does not render a nazirite obligated to shave, despite the fact that it is considered ritually impure. The Talmud inquires with regard to the nature of this impurity. A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: Did the rabbis decree the land of t

The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a resolution to this question from the Mishnah, which lists one who enters the land of the nations and states: And one sprinkles on him on the third and on the 7th days. And if you say that the decree was with regard to the air, why do I need this sprinkling? He n

Rather, is it not with regard to the earth that the land of the nations was decreed impure? The Talmud rejects this proof: No, actually I could say to you that the decree is due to the air, and when the Mishnah teaches that he receives the sprinkling, it is referring to the other items listed in the