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Nazir 17 - February 9, 18 Shevat Feb 09, 2023

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Today's daf is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Benaya Chaim ben Avital Ora who is undergoing surgery this morning.

After raising several sources against Reish Lakish's opinion, and particularly one that couldn't be resolved, Mar son of Rav Ashi reinterprets the debate between him and Rabbi Yochanan. They both hold that a person who takes upon being a nazir in a cemetery is considered a nazir immediately but there is a debate whether or not they receive lashes if they are warned and do not leave the cemetery right away. The same sources as before are brought as difficulties against Reish Lakish's position. Two are resolved and the third is not. If one vows to be a nazir in the cemetery, Rava asks if there is a certain amount of time that must pass before leaving in order to incur a punishment of lashes (as is the case of one who became impure in the Temple) or is one liable as soon as one does not leave immediately? Rav Ashi asked of one who takes on to be a nazir in a cemetery, do they shave their hair when they finish the seven days of impurity? Two of the sources used against Reish Lakish are brought to try to answer the question but both are rejected. A third source comparing a nazir who became impure and a nazir who became a leper is brought also to answer the question. But, it too is rejected.

Nazir 16 - February 8, 17 Shevat Feb 08, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Joyce Bendavid in honor of Rabbanit Michelle. "Thank you to Rabbanit Michelle Farber for the clarity of your teaching as you motivate us to continue learning the daily daf."

If Rabbi Yossi holds that part of the day is considered a whole day regarding the impurity of a zava, how could one ever become a zava gedola? The Gemara brings two possible answers. The third chapter begins with a description of few different cases of one who took upon oneself to be a nazir either without a specified amount of time or with a specified amount of time. The Mishna explains in each case what is the ideal day for the sacrifices and shaving to take place and what is the law if it was done a day earlier. What if one became impure on the last day or on the day the sacrifices were to be brought? Rabbi Eliezer and the rabbis disagree in most cases. The Gemara explains the reasoning for Rabbi Eliezer in each of the different cases. If one takes upon oneself to be a nazir while they are in a cemetery, one is not considered that they became impure as a nazir and does not bring the sacrifices of a nazir who became impure as the nazirite status never began. But if one left and then came back in, even on the day that one became pure again, there is a debate between the rabbis and Rabbi Eliezer about whether or not they would be obligated in the sacrifices for one who becomes impure. Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish argue about a case where one took upon to be a nazir in a cemetery - would that be effective once they became pure again (Rabbi Yochanan) or would they need only become a nazir if they reaccepted to be a nazir once they became pure? Rabbi Yochanan brings a number of sources to raise difficulties with Reish Lakish's position. The first one is from our Mishna and it is resolved, the second is from a Tosefta and is resolved.

Nazir 15 - February 7, 16 Shevat Feb 07, 2023

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Today's daf is dedicated to our amazing mom and grandma - Patty Belkin! Love, Jason, Erica, Raquel, Eli, Ariel, and Gili.

Today's daf is dedicated for the rescue and healing of the victims of the earthquake. May we find more living and help more of those displaced. Our thoughts and prayer are with them and their families.

The Gemara proves the words of Rabbi Yossi bar Rabbi Hanina that if the days of a nazir have passed before but one has not yet done the shaving and sacrifices, one would not get lashes for any of the prohibitions – only for becoming impure to the dead. But then a braita is brought to contradict him as it appears there that one would receive lashes for all the prohibitions of a nazir. The Mishna cites a case where one said I will become a nazir when I have a child and I will be a nazir for a hundred days. There are different interpretations of the law of the Mishna. It all depends on whether the child was born before the seventieth day or after. If before, then one doesn't need to count extra days but if after, one does. Rav says that if the child is born on the seventieth day, this day can also be considered the first day of the nazir for the child - according to the law that part of the day can be considered a whole day, and therefore also for the nazir term of a hundred days, it will be counted as two days and one can perform the shaving and sacrifices on the hundredth day and not day one hundred and one. The Gemara brings two difficulties about his words from our Mishna - the first one is resolved but the second one is not. And they conclude that Rav does not agree with our Mishna. The Gemara tries to find a tanna that Rav's opinion corresponds to. First, they suggest Abba Shaul regarding matters of mourning, but that is not successful. Then they try Rabbi Yossi regarding a zav or zava and the Passover sacrifice. There are two ways to understand his opinion and according to one way, the words of a Rav will correspond to his opinion.

Nazir 14 - Tu B'Shevat - February 6, 15 Shevat Feb 06, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by David and Mitzi Geffen in loving memory of David's grandmother, Rabbanit Sara Hene Geffen on her Tu B'Shevat yahrzeit. "She and her husband Rav Tuvia Geffen, Rabbi of Sherith Israel in Atlanta, brought up their 8 children with love and learning."

Rava's question is explained as referring both to a case where one said they will be a nazir in twenty days and a nazir now and also if the second nazirite term was one hundred days instead of the usual thirty. The difference in the cases is whether or not if one starts counting the second term immediately and then stops to count the first term (after twenty days) will there be enough days for hair growth left at the end when finishing the second term? What if one said I will be a nazir after twenty days and now a nazir olam (forever)? Or nazir Shimshon? Nazir olam can be undone (by going to a chacham) but nazir Shimshon cannot - does that make a difference in these cases? If someone took on to be like Moshe on the seventh of Adar (his birthday and his date of death), what was meant by this? In the end, only the first question is answered about the twenty and one hundred days. The ruling is that one starts the one hundred days immediately and finishes up the eighth after the nazir term that starts on day twenty. Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish disagree about two similar cases. First, if one took on two overlapping terms, as previously discussed and one became impure in the middle of the term that interrupted the other, would they need to start counting from the very beginning or does it only cancel the current term? Second, if one became a leper while being a nazir, one pauses the counting of nazirite days, but if one became impure to a dead person during those leper days, would that cancel the nazirite days? Why was it necessary to state both debates? If one's hair was cut during the nazirite term, one needs to wait until there is hair growth of thirty days to be able to shave and bring the sacrifices. What happens if one becomes impure during those days? Rav and Shmuel disagree. However, Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan wouldn't necessarily disagree about this case. Rav Chisda said that one who became impure after bringing sacrifices but before shaving one's hair cannot rectify the situation. What did he mean by this and according to whose opinion? One who finishes counting the days of being a nazir but did not yet finish the sacrifices and shaving, receives lashes if one becomes impure to a dead person but not if one drank wine or cut one's hair - from where is this derived?

Nazir 13 - February 5, 14 Shevat Feb 05, 2023

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This month's learning is sponsored by Hadran of Silver Spring in memory of Nicki Toys, Nechama bat Shmuel Tzadok. "Nicki was creative, talented, and filled with so much love and goodness. She had an incredible attitude about life, family, and faith that every one of us should aspire to achieve. May her memory always be a blessing."

This week's learning is sponsored in loving memory of Miriam Baumel who passed away last week on her 91st birthday. May her memory be a blessing. -From her loving granddaughters.

The Mishna talks about a case where one takes upon being a nazir in the event a child will be born, but the child dies either in childbirth or within the first thirty days. Since one can't be sure whether the child was viable and died by some other cause or was never viable to begin with, there is a doubt about whether or not the parent is a nazir. The rabbis rule leniently, as per Rabbi Yehuda that we are lenient in laws of nazir. But Rabbi Shimon rules stringently and suggests that one should say, if the child was viable, I am a nazir based on my previous declaration (obligatory) and if not, I will take on being a nazir voluntarily. If subsequently a child was born, one will need to do the same thing, in case the previous obligation was not fulfilled in the previous birth. First, the Gemara goes back to the cases in the Mishna on Nazir 12b where one said "son" or "child" and it was discussed which type of child is included in each term. The Gemara explains why the Mishna needed to spell that all out - why wasn't it obvious? Rabbi Abba asked Rav Huna: if one gave birth to a child who died soon after childbirth and the husband separated animals for the nazir sacrifice and then his wife gave birth to a second healthy child (presumably, the case is that there are twins), is the animal sanctified? This question is asked according to Rabbi Yehuda's opinion and the ramification is to know whether one can use the animals for work or shear them. Ben Rachumi asked Abaye about a case where one said he will be a nazir if he has a child and then a friend said "On me also." Did he mean that he will also be a nazir when the friend has a child or he will be a nazir when he has a child. This question leads to several other questions such as, would it change if he said "And me" instead of "On me"? Would it make a difference if the original person took on to be a nazir if a third person had a child. The Mishna brings up cases of one who took upon to be a nazir immediately and when he has a child. If after he starts counting the first term, the child is born, he completes the first term, including shaving/sacrifices and then starts counting the second term. But if he first said "I will be a nazir when I have a child and I will be a nazir, he starts counting the second term and when the child is born, if he hasn't finished, he stops the second term, starts counting the term for the child and when it ends, he finishes the first term. Rava asks about a different, but similar case.

Nazir 12 - Shabbat February 4, 13 Shevat Feb 03, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Susan Gruber Vishner, in loving memory of her father, Everett Gruber, Yehudah Gedalia ben Sender Chaim v'Perl, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. "My father deeply loved Jewish learning, Torah study, and his family."

Rabbi Yochanan explains that if one appointed a messenger to betroth a woman for him, without specifying which woman, and the messenger died before returning, one can assume he betrothed the woman before his death and the man who sent him can no longer betroth a woman as it is possible any woman he chooses will be a relative of the woman he is betrothed to who is a forbidden relative, such as mother, daughter, sister, etc. Reish Lakish raises a question against Rabib Yochanan from a Mishna in Kinnim 2:1 where there is a similar doubt and it is permitted. A distinction is made between the cases based on laws of majority and how the law is affected by the status of objects that are stationary and those that move. Rava says that Rabbi Yochanan will agree that if the man finds a woman without any relatives (that would be potentially forbidden to him) or with a sister who was married at the time he sent the messenger, even if she divorced by the time the messenger betrothed someone, he can marry her. On what basis is the woman with a sister divorced after he sent the messenger permitted? First, they think it is based on a particular assumption, but that is rejected on the basis of our Mishna with one who took on sacrifices of a nazir which can apply even to someone who is not a nazir yet. The Gemara then distinguishes between one who takes upon oneself an obligation and one who sends a messenger, as regarding laws of messengers one cannot send a messenger to do something one cannot do oneself. Is that really true? A source is brought to show it is not true, but that source is explained differently. If one takes on a vow for sacrifices of a half nazir or half of a nazir's sacrifices, what is the law? If one says I will be a nazir if I have a son, this means only a son, not a daughter, tumtum or androgynous. But if one used gender-neutral language then it includes all.

Nazir 11 - February 3, 12 Shevat Feb 03, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Caroline Ben-Ari. "In honor of the 30th anniversary of the first time I read Torah, of the special birthday of my daughter Ilana, and of Tu B'Shvat, Chag La'ilanot."

Today's daf is sponsored by Terri Krivosha in memory of her father, Nachum Meir ben Malka on his second yahrzeit. Yehi Zichro Baruch. And in honor of the first birthday of her granddaughter and her father's namesake, Orli Nessa, daughter of Avi and Shaina Herring.

Today's daf is sponsored by Blima Slutsky in memory of her father, Yitzchak Tzvi ben Blima and Chaim Shimon.

If one is in a situation where they are being encouraged to drink and they say, "I am a nazir from it," they become a nazir. However, there was a case with a woman who was drunk and when she said this, they ruled she was not a nazir as she was just trying to prevent them from pushing her to drink more. The Mishna lists three cases in which one takes upon being a nazir but expresses hesitation (each in a different way) from accepting being a nazir fully. In the first case, there is no debate. In the other two, Rabbi Shimon and the rabbis disagree, but in each one, one is strict and the other is lenient but who is strict and who is lenient switches from one case to the other. First, the Gemara questions whether or not they disagree in the first case. Then they try to understand why Rabbi Shimon and the rabbis switch positions between the second and the third case. Three solutions are offered. If one person says they will be a nazir and they will pay for the sacrifices of another, and a person nearby says "and I and I will pay for the sacrifices of another," they can each pay for each other's (and that would be wise on their part!). What would have been the responsibilities of the second one if they only said "and I" - would it apply to both statements or not? The Gemara fleshes out the possibilities and weighs in on the issue.

Nazir 10 - February 2, 11 Shevat Feb 02, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Tina Lamm in memory of her grandfather, Gershon Katz, Gershon ben Yochanan HaCohen v'Chaya Toba, whose yahrzeit is today. If someone said, "My cow/door said I am a nazir if I stand up/open," Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel disagree about whether the person becomes a nazir by this declaration. Rabbi Yehuda says, as in the previous Mishna, Beit Shamai meant this only if they explained it as referring to being a sacrifice and it then will be forbidden like a vow and not as a nazir. The Gemara questions how we can be discussing a talking cow/door? Rami bar Hama and Rava each bring explanations for the Mishna. Rava rejects Rami bar Hama's explanation as it doesn't match the wording of the Mishna. Rava's explanation is also rejected, but he tries another two attempts to explain it until he finds an explanation that is not rejected.

Nazir 9 - February 1, 10 Shevat Feb 01, 2023

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One who vowed to be a nazir not to eat figs, is that person considered a nazir? Are they forbidden from eating figs? Or is it just an absurd statement that means nothing? Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai disagree about this case. There are three different explanations about what Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai actually hold. According to one of the interpretations, Beit Hillel's opinion is based upon an opinion of Rabbi Shimon in a Minha in Menachot 103a. That Mishna is brought and Chizkiya and Rabbi Yochanan disagree about two issues in that Mishna. Firstly, to whom does tanna kama's opinion correspond? What would be the case if the declaration there was made with lentils instead of barley (the Mishna's case is with barley)?

Nazir 9 - February 1, 10 Shevat Feb 01, 2023

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