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The Talmud answers: This is not possible, as R' Yehuda holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi, as we learned in the Mishnah (8a) with regard to one who vows: I am hereby a nazirite like the hair of my head, R' Yehuda HaNasi says: This nazirite does not shave his hair once every 30
The Talmud asks: And does R' Yehuda hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi? But didn’t we learn in the Mishnah that if one says: I am hereby a nazirite in accordance with the number of days in a solar year, he counts 365 consecutive naziriteships, in accordance with the number of da
The Talmud explains its question: Granted, if you say that he accepts upon himself many naziriteships, that is the reason for his statement that once he completed all these terms of naziriteship he died. However, if you say that R' Yehuda does not agree with the unattributed opinion of the Mishnah a
And furthermore, does R' Yehuda hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi? But isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda says: If one says: I am hereby a nazirite like the number of piles [helketei] of figs [kayitz] left to dry, or: Like the number of sheaves of the Sabbatical Year
The Talmud responds: This does not prove that R' Yehuda does not agree with R' Yehuda HaNasi, since one who specifies: Like the number, is different, as even R' Yehuda HaNasi would agree that he is referring to distinct terms of naziriteship rather than one long term of naziriteship.