Commentary for Nazir 7:2

עַל אֵלּוּ טֻמְאוֹת הַנָּזִיר מְגַלֵּחַ, עַל הַמֵּת, וְעַל כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת, וְעַל כַּזַּיִת נֶצֶל וְעַל מְלֹא תַרְוָד רָקָב, עַל הַשִּׁדְרָה וְעַל הַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת וְעַל אֵבֶר מִן הַמֵּת וְעַל אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי שֶׁיֵּשׁ עָלָיו בָּשָׂר כָּרָאוּי, וְעַל חֲצִי קַב עֲצָמוֹת וְעַל חֲצִי לֹג דָּם, עַל מַגָּעָן וְעַל מַשָּׂאָן וְעַל אָהֳלָן, וְעַל עֶצֶם כַּשְּׂעֹרָה, עַל מַגָּעוֹ וְעַל מַשָּׂאוֹ. עַל אֵלּוּ הַנָּזִיר מְגַלֵּחַ וּמַזֶּה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי, וְסוֹתֵר אֶת הַקּוֹדְמִין, וְאֵינוֹ מַתְחִיל לִמְנוֹת אֶלָּא עַד שֶׁיִּטְהַר וּמֵבִיא אֶת קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו:

The Nazirite shaves for these uncleanlinesses: a dead body [even though it is not whole, but possesses most of the build — two legs and one thigh — or most of the limbs, one hundred and twenty-five, even if they do not amount to a quarter of a kav. They cause tent-uncleanliness, and a Nazirite shaves for it. And if most of the limbs and most of the build are lacking, the Nazirite does not shave for tent-uncleanliness unless the bones amount to half a kav.], an olive-size (of flesh) of a dead body, an olive-size of netzel [liquid exuded by a dead body from the decaying of the flesh], and a spoonful tarvad of rakav [the dust of the decay of a dead body. And this does not cause uncleanliness unless he were buried naked in a marble casket or the like, where the only decay is that of the body, and where he were buried whole, no limbs lacking. A tarvad is a large spoon, which holds whole handfuls.], the spine [even if there is no flesh on it], the skull [likewise, even if there is no flesh on it], a limb from a dead person or a limb from a living person, which has upon it a sufficient amount of flesh ["sufficient" being the amount of flesh which could effect healing in a limb attached to a living person (less than an olive-size)], a half kav of bones, and a half log of blood [Even though a quarter of a kav of bones causes tent-uncleanliness, it is a halachah to Moses from Sinai that a Nazirite shaves only for half a kav. Similarly, with a half log of blood. Even though a quarter causes tent-uncleanliness, a Nazirite shaves only for a half log] — (a Nazirite shaves) for touching them, carrying them, and tent-uncleanliness; and, for a bone the size of a barley-corn, (he shaves) for touching or carrying them [but not for tent-uncleanliness, a bone the size of a barley-corn not causing tent-uncleanliness]. For these, the Nazirite shaves and sprinkles on the third and seventh days, and offsets the previous days (of Naziritism), [viz. (Numbers 6:7): "And the first days shall fall off"], and he does not begin to count until he is cleansed and he has brought his offerings. [i.e., after having immersed and the sun having set after the sprinkling of the third and seventh days.]

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