Related%20passage for Nazir 5:7

רָאָה אֶת הַכּוֹי וְאָמַר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה חַיָּה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה אֵינוֹ חַיָּה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה חַיָּה וּבְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה לֹא חַיָּה וְלֹא בְהֵמָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין אֶחָד מִכֶּם נָזִיר, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁכֻּלְּכֶם נְזִירִים, הֲרֵי כֻלָּם נְזִירִים:

If he saw a koi, and he said: "I am a Nazirite if that is an animal"; "I am a Nazirite if that is not an animal"; "I am a Nazirite if that is a beast"; "I am a Nazirite if that is not a beast"; "I am a Nazirite if that is an animal and a beast"; "I am a Nazirite if that is neither animal nor beast"; "I am a Nazirite if one of you is a Nazirite"; "I am a Nazirite if none of you is a Nazirite"; "I am a Nazirite if you are all Nazirites" — they are all Nazirites. [If six men saw a koi, and one of them said: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is an animal"; the second: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is not an animal"; the third: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is a beast"; the fourth: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is not a beast"; the fifth: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is an animal and a beast"; the sixth: "I shall be a Nazirite if that is neither animal nor beast" — and then three other men came and one of them said to these six: "I shall be a Nazirite if one of you is a Nazirite"; the second: "I shall be a Nazirite if one of you is not a Nazirite"; the third: "I shall be a Nazirite if you are all Nazirites" — all are Nazirites, the first six and the last three. According to Beth Shammai, they are definite Nazirites, for Naziritism in error is Naziritism. And according to Beth Hillel, they are Nazirites "by doubt," because there is a doubt as to whether a koi is a beast or an animal or a distinctive creature.]

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