Related%20passage for Nazir 2:6

הֲרֵי עָלַי לְגַלֵּחַ חֲצִי נָזִיר, וְשָׁמַע חֲבֵרוֹ וְאָמַר וַאֲנִי עָלַי לְגַלֵּחַ חֲצִי נָזִיר, זֶה מְגַלֵּחַ נָזִיר שָׁלֵם וְזֶה מְגַלֵּחַ נָזִיר שָׁלֵם, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, זֶה מְגַלֵּחַ חֲצִי נָזִיר וְזֶה מְגַלֵּחַ חֲצִי נָזִיר:

(If one said:) "I shall shave half a Nazirite," and his fellow heard and said: "And I shall shave half a Nazirite," each shaves a complete Nazirite. These are the word of R. Meir. And the sages say: Each shaves half a Nazirite. [R. Meir is consistent with his view that "the first expression 'takes,'" so that when he says: "I shall shave," a full shaving is implied, and when he continues: "half a Nazirite," he can no longer retract — even in the midst of his words. And the rabbis hold: "The vow and its 'opening' are concomitant," so that it is as if he would have said: Half the offerings of a Nazirite are upon me (to bring)," in which instance he is liable only for that. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.]

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