(If one said:) "I shall be a Nazirite as the number of the days of the sun, [365 Naziritisms, as the number of the days of the sun], he counts Naziritisms as the number of the days of the sun. R. Yehudah said: There was such an episode. When he completed (his Naziritisms), he died. [R. Yehudah heard that Rebbi differed with the first tanna, ruling that if one said: "I shall be a Nazirite as the number of the days of the sun," he becomes a Nazir olam, and he adduced this episode to show that he does not become a Nazir olam. For in this episode "he completed (his Naziritisms) and died," and with a Nazir olam, "completion" does not obtain. It is clear, then, that he counts Naziritisms. And this is the halachah.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
מונה נזירו כמנין ימות השנה – three hundred and sixty five [periods] of Naziriteship like the number of days of the solar year.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
Introduction
Mishnah seven continues to teach that a person may make an extremely large number of nazirite vows, as we learned in mishnah four.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
אמר רבי יהודה מעשר היה כיון שהשלים מת – Rabbi Yehuda had the tradition that Rabbi [Judah the Prince] disputed the first Tanna/Teacher [of the Mishnah] and stated that the individual who states “Behold I am a Nazirite like the number of days of the solar year – is a life-long Nazirite.” And he brought the episode to prove that he is not a life-long Nazirite for this was the case, and when he completed [his Nazirite vow] he died, and regarding completion [of a term], the [notion of] a life-long Nazirite does not belong , but rather a real case would count his Naziritieships, and such is the Halakha.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
[If one says], “Behold I am a nazirite, as the number of days in a solar year” he must count as many naziriteships as there are days in the solar year. Rabbi Judah said: such a case once occurred, and when the man had completed [his naziriteships], he died. This person took a vow to keep 365 naziriteships, and not one naziriteship of 365 days. This is similar to the person who vowed to keep naziriteships like the hairs on his head. After each thirty days he can shave, bring the sacrifices and begin counting again. Rabbi Judah relates a story where this really happened, and after the 30 years of being a nazirite (365 times 30 days) the person died. The point of his statement seems to be that if you make a vow of so many naziriteships, you will die by the time they are completed.
