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Reish Lakish responded: With what are we dealing here in this baraita? With one who left and entered, meaning that after having left the cemetery and purifying himself, he then vowed again to be a nazirite and subsequently reentered the cemetery.
R' Yoḥanan raised another objection to Reish Lakish’s opinion from a different source: The difference between a ritually impure person who took a vow of naziriteship and a ritually pure nazirite who became impure is only the following halakha: If a ritually impure person took a vow of naziriteship,
As a result of this question, the Talmud offers a different interpretation of their dispute. Mar bar Rav Ashi said: The dispute between R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish is not as stated above. With regard to the question of the vow of naziriteship taking effect, everyone agrees that it takes effect from
According to this version of the dispute as well, R' Yoḥanan raised an objection to Reish Lakish from the Mishnah, which states: 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 o
The Talmud answers: This inference is not correct, as by right the Mishnah should teach: He is not flogged, but due to the fact that the tanna wants to teach the latter clause of the Mishnah, which states: If he left the cemetery and entered it again, those days do count as part of his tally, meani