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lest the young priests [pirḥei khehuna] present will become aroused by her when she uncovers her hair in their presence. One of the other rabbis said to R' Shimon Shezuri: According to your statement, the case of a sota will prove that this is not a concern, as it is written with regard to her: “An
R' Shimon Shezuri said to them: There is a difference between a female nazirite and a sota. This one, the nazirite, paints her eyes blue [koḥelet] and applies blush [fokeset] to her face, and therefore there is a concern that young priests might be aroused by her appearance. By contrast, that one,
Mishnah: After the nazirite shaved off his hair, he would take the hair of his consecrated head and throw it under the pot in which the peace-offering was cooked, where it would burn. And if the nazirite shaved in the rest of the country, i.e., outside the Temple, he would not throw the hair under
R' Meir says: Everyone throws his hair under the pot, including a pure nazirite who shaved outside the Temple and an impure nazirite, except for an impure nazirite who shaved in the rest of the country. In that case alone he refrains from throwing his hair to be burned beneath his offering.
Talmud: The Mishnah states that he would take the hair of his consecrated head. A baraita states: And afterward, after cooking the peace-offering, he takes the gravy [rotev] in which the offering had been cooked, places it on the shaven hair of his consecrated head, and throws the hair under the p