Mesorat%20hashas for Nazir 3:3

מִי שֶׁאָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר, נִטְמָא יוֹם שְׁלשִׁים, סוֹתֵר אֶת הַכֹּל. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אֵינוֹ סוֹתֵר אֶלָּא שִׁבְעָה. הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, נִטְמָא יוֹם שְׁלשִׁים, סוֹתֵר אֶת הַכֹּל:

If one said: "I shall be a Nazirite" and he became unclean on the thirtieth day, he offsets the whole (Naziritism), [for he became unclean in the midst of the days of Naziritism. And we do not say that the thirtieth day reverts to both (Naziritisms), that part of the day is like all of the day, except when he shaved and brought offerings on that day.] R. Eliezer says: He offsets only seven days (of purification for his uncleanliness). [For he holds that we say part of the day is like all of the day, and it is as if he became unclean after fulfillment (of his Naziritism). And uncleanliness after fulfillment, according to R. Eliezer, offsets (i.e., adds on) only seven.] (If one said:) "I shall be a Nazirite for thirty days," if he became unclean on the thirtieth day, he offsets the whole, [both according to R. Eliezer and according to the rabbis. For since he said; "I shall be a Nazirite for thirty days," all agree that he requires thirty full days and that we do not say in this instance: "part of the day is like all of the day." And R. Eliezer, who holds (3:4) that one who becomes unclean on the day of fulfillment itself offsets thirty days alone, but not the whole, derives it from (Numbers 6:13): "And this is the law of the Nazirite on the day of the fulfillment" — If he became unclean on the day of the fulfillment, "give him" the law of the Nazirite; that is, Naziritism in general, thirty days — Here, where he said: "I shall be a Nazirite for thirty days, and he became unclean on the thirtieth day, which is the day of fulfillment, when he offsets all thirty, he offsets the whole. And the rabbis, too, who differ with R. Eliezer, saying that the one who becomes unclean on the day of fulfillment offsets the whole, even if he counted many days — here, where he said: "I shall be a Nazirite for thirty days," and he became unclean on the day of fulfillment, by offsetting the thirty, he offsets the whole. So that both according to R. Eliezer and according to the rabbis, he offsets the whole. And wherever R. Eliezer and the sages differ, the halachah is in accordance with the sages.]

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