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R' Ḥiyya teaches the same halakha: The shaving of a metzora does not count for the shaving of naziriteship, as this one, a metzora, shaves before immersion in water, and that one, an impure nazirite, shaves after immersion water. This one, the metzora, shaves before the blood is sprinkled, and that
§ The Mishnah taught that the shaving of tzara'at overrides the shaving of a nazirite only when he is a confirmed metzora. Rami bar Ḥama raises a dilemma: Those 4 shavings about which the tanna spoke, the 4 that a nazirite performs for his tzara'at and impurity, are they all due to the mitzva of sh
The Talmud asks: What is the difference whether he shaves for one reason or another? The Talmud explains: It is relevant with regard to removing hair with a depilatory. If you say that the reason is due to a mitzva, removing with a depilatory is not an option, as the mitzva is specifically to shave.
What then is the halakha? Rava said: Come and hear a resolution from a baraita (Tosefta 6:1): And he shaves with 4 acts of shaving. Now if it should enter your mind that the reason is for the sake of removing hair of impurity, even 3 shavings should be enough for him, two for his tzara'at, and the