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he eats sacrificial food after 60 days, when the status of uncertain tzara'at has passed, and when he has completed all his obligations of naziriteship. He cannot shave for his tzara'at right away, as he might be a pure nazirite, and the status of uncertain tzara'at does not override naziriteship.
And he drinks wine and may become impure to bury a corpse after 120 days. In other words, this individual has not yet completed his naziriteship vow, as he might have been a confirmed metzora, in which case both his acts of shaving would have counted for his tzara'at. He therefore waits another 30
And it is taught in the Tosefta (6:1) with regard to that Mishnah: In what case is this statement said? With regard to a short naziriteship of 30 days. However, with regard to a naziriteship of a year, he eats sacrificial food after two years. He cannot shave until a year has passed, in case he is
However, if the first two shavings were for his tzara'at, he has not shaved for his naziriteship at all, and therefore he must observe an additional year, shave, and observe another year of naziriteship, as perhaps his third shaving was for impurity and the other for his naziriteship in purity. And
And if it enters your mind that the days during which he was ritually impure count toward his naziriteship, it should be enough for him to observe 3 years and 30 days. Due to uncertainty, he cannot shave for his tzara'at until a year has passed, in case he was a pure nazirite, and he must wait anot