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Rava said: Come and hear a resolution to this dilemma from the Mishnah: If he discovered he was impure before he shaved, he negates the days of his naziriteship in either case. The Talmud seeks to clarify this: What are the circumstances of this case? When exactly did he find out about the impurity
The Talmud continues to analyze the aforementioned case. And you can still raise the dilemma: Does he negate the entire period of his naziriteship or does he negate just 7 days? The Talmud asks: According to whom is this dilemma raised? If we say this dilemma is referring to the opinion of the Rabb
The Talmud responds: The one who raised this dilemma could have said to you: This statement of R' Eliezer that a nazirite negates a mere 7 days applies only if he became impure after the full term of his naziriteship, but this one became impure before the end of the full term, and therefore he nega
The Talmud answers: And one can resolve the dilemma from this Mishnah itself. The Mishnah teaches that if the nazirite discovered he was impure before he shaved he negates his naziriteship in either case. And it does not distinguish between cases where this happened before the end of the full term o
§ A baraita states (Tosefta, Zavim 2:8): In the case of one who finds a corpse lying across the width of a road, with regard to teruma the passerby is impure. But with regard to both a nazirite and one performing the ritual of the Paschal offering, the passerby is pure, as it is considered impurit