Related%20passage for Nazir 5:5

הָיוּ מְהַלְּכִין בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְאֶחָד בָּא כְנֶגְדָּן, אָמַר אֶחָד מֵהֶן הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה פְלוֹנִי, וְאֶחָד אָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה פְלוֹנִי, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, שֶׁאֵין אֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, שֶׁשְּׁנֵיכֶם נְזִירִים, שֶׁכֻּלְּכֶם נְזִירִים, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים כֻּלָּם נְזִירִים. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ נָזִיר אֶלָּא מִי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְקַיְּמוּ דְבָרָיו. וְרַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶם נָזִיר:

If they were walking on the road, and someone came towards them, and one of them said: "I shall be a Nazirite if that man is so and so"; and the other said: "I shall be a Nazirite if that man is not so and so"; "I shall be a Nazirite if one of you is a Nazirite"; "if one of you is not a Nazirite"; "if both of you are Nazirites"; "if all of you are Nazirites" — Beth Shammai say: They are all Nazirites [even those whose words were not fulfilled. For just as hekdesh in error is hekdesh, so Naziritism in error is Naziritism.] Beth Hillel say: Only one whose words are fulfilled is a Nazirite. And R. Tarfon says: Not one of them is a Nazirite, [R. Tarfon holding there is no Naziritism without distinctness, i.e., without its being clear at the time of his vow that he is becoming a Nazirite. And in all of the above instances, he does not know at the time of his vow whether it will be as he says. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Tarfon.]

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