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The Talmud answers: Yes, as even according to R' Elazar HaKappar, who said that a nazirite is a sinner, that applies only with regard to a ritually impure nazirite. This is because it is necessary for him to void the days of his vow that have been observed and to begin his term anew, as God states
§ The Mishnah taught that one who says: I am hereby like this, is a nazirite. The Talmud asks: Though this is indeed a case where he is holding his hair at the time, since he did not say: I am hereby like this, how can this statement constitute an acceptance of naziriteship? Shmuel said: It is a
The Mishnah rules that one who says: I am hereby a hair curler is a nazirite. The Talmud asks: From where is it known that this term is referring to the curling [silsul] of hair by allowing it to grow? The Talmud answers: As that female slave of the house of R' Yehuda HaNasi said to a certain man wh
The Talmud suggests: Say that the word mesalsel is referring to the study of Torah, as it is written with regard to Torah: “Extol her [salseleha] and she will exalt you” (Proverbs 4:8). The Talmud responds that Shmuel said: Here too, the case is where he was holding his hair at the time of his pron
The Mishnah rules that one who says: I am hereby growing my hair is a nazirite. The Talmud asks: From where is it known that this term is a reference to growing [kilkul] his hair? The Talmud answers: As we learned in a Mishnah (Shabbat 78b): With regard to the measure that determines liability for