Nazir 16B

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The Talmud explains: R' Eliezer holds that when anyone becomes ritually impure after the completion of his term of naziriteship, but before he brought his offerings, only 7 days are negated, and the 30th day is after the completion of his term. The Mishnah then teaches that one who said: I am hereb

The Mishnah also taught that if one said: I am hereby a nazirite for 100 days, and he became impure on the one hundredth day, it negates the entire tally. R' Eliezer says it negates only 30. And this entire Mishnah should be explained as we discussed it, in accordance with the opinions of bar Padda

Mishnah: One who took a vow of naziriteship while in a cemetery, even if he was there for a full 30 days without leaving, those days he spent in the cemetery do not count as part of his tally, since his naziriteship has not yet gone into effect. And he therefore does not bring the 3 offerings of i

R' Eliezer says: This halakha does not apply to one who entered the cemetery on the very day that he left it, as it is stated with regard to the halakhot of a ritually impure nazirite: “But the first days shall be void” (Numbers 6:12), which indicates that he does not bring the offerings until he w

Talmud: It was stated that the amora’im disagree with regard to one who vowed to be a nazirite while in a cemetery. R' Yoḥanan said: Naziriteship takes effect for him, and Reish Lakish said: Naziriteship does not take effect for him. The Talmud clarifies their respective opinions: R' Yoḥanan, who