Mesorat%20hashas for Nazir 3:6

מִי שֶׁנָּזַר נְזִירוּת הַרְבֵּה וְהִשְׁלִים אֶת נְזִירוּתוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ בָּא לָאָרֶץ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, נָזִיר בַּתְּחִלָּה. מַעֲשֶׂה בְהִילְנִי הַמַּלְכָּה, שֶׁהָלַךְ בְּנָהּ לַמִּלְחָמָה, וְאָמְרָה, אִם יָבֹא בְנִי מִן הַמִּלְחָמָה בְשָׁלוֹם אֱהֵא נְזִירָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, וּבָא בְנָהּ מִן הַמִּלְחָמָה, וְהָיְתָה נְזִירָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים. וּבְסוֹף שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים עָלְתָה לָאָרֶץ, וְהוֹרוּהָ בֵית הִלֵּל שֶׁתְּהֵא נְזִירָה עוֹד שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים אֲחֵרוֹת. וּבְסוֹף שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִטְמֵאת, וְנִמְצֵאת נְזִירָה עֶשְׂרִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, לֹא הָיְתָה נְזִירָה אֶלָּא אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה:

If one assumed many Naziritisms and completed his Naziritism and then came to Eretz Yisrael, [For Naziritism obtains only in Eretz Yisrael because of the uncleanliness of "the lands of the nations." And if one vowed Naziritism outside Eretz Israel, he is obliged to go up to Eretz Yisrael and observe his Naziritism there.], Beth Shammai say: He becomes a Nazirite for thirty days; and Beth Hillel say: He becomes a Nazirite from the beginning. [He must observe in Eretz Yisrael the number of days of Naziritism that he vowed. And the days of Naziritism that he observed outside of Eretz Yisrael are not regarded as such at all.] It once happened with Queen Hilni that her son went to war and she said: "If my son returns from the war in peace, I shall be a Nazirite for seven years." And her son returned from the war and she was a Nazirite for seven years. At the end of the seven years, she went up to Eretz Yisrael, and Beth Hillel instructed her to be a Nazirite for another seven years. At the end of the seven years she became unclean, so that she was found to be a Nazirite for twenty-one years. R. Yehudah said: She was a Nazirite for only fourteen years. [R. Yehudah holds with R. Eliezer, who says above (3:4) that if one becomes unclean on the day of fulfillment, he offsets only thirty days. Accordingly, he says that Queen Hilni, who became unclean at the end of fourteen years, the day of fulfillment, did not offset the whole and was not required to count another seven years, but only thirty days. And because this is not a whole year, it was not included in the count; but it is as if he said: She was a Nazirite for fourteen years and thirty days.]

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