Related%20passage for Nazir 1:4

הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כִּשְׂעַר רֹאשִׁי, וְכַעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּכְחוֹל הַיָּם, הֲרֵי זֶה נְזִיר עוֹלָם וּמְגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, אֵין זֶה מְגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. וְאֵיזֶהוּ שֶׁמְּגַלֵּחַ אַחַת לִשְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי נְזִירוּת כִּשְׂעַר רֹאשִׁי, וְכַעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּכְחוֹל הַיָּם:

(If he said:) "I shall be a Nazirite like the hair of my head," "like the dust of the earth," "like the sand of the sea," he becomes a perpetual Nazirite (Nazir olam) and shaves once every thirty days. [Not a "Nazir olam," literally, for a Nazir olam shaves once every twelve months, whereas this one shaves once every thirty days. Since he linked his Naziritism to distinct things, it is as if he equated the number of his Naziritisms with the number of hairs on his head or the number of dust (particles) on the ground, as opposed to a Nazir olam, who does not divide his Naziritisms but makes it all one Naziritism.] Rebbi says: This one does not shave once every thirty days. [For since he says: "I shall be a Nazirite," it is all one Naziritism, and he shaves only once every twelve months, just as a Nazir olam.] And who does shave once every thirty days? One who says: "I undertake Naziritism according to the hair of my head," "according to the dust of the earth," "according to the sand of the sea." [For in that instance he indicates that he has taken distinct Naziritisms upon himself, as the number of the hairs on his head. The halachah is not in accordance with Rebbi.]

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