Talmud for Eduyot 4:11

מִי שֶׁנָּדַר נְזִירוּת מְרֻבָּה וְהִשְׁלִים נְזִירוּתוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ בָּא לָאָרֶץ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, נָזִיר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, נָזִיר בַּתְּחִלָּה. מִי שֶׁהָיוּ שְׁתֵּי כִתֵּי עֵדִים מְעִידוֹת אוֹתוֹ, אֵלּוּ מְעִידִים שֶׁנָּדַר שְׁתַּיִם וְאֵלּוּ מְעִידִים שֶׁנָּדַר חָמֵשׁ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, נֶחְלְקָה הָעֵדוּת וְאֵין כָּאן נְזִירוּת. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, יֵשׁ בִּכְלָל חָמֵשׁ שְׁתַּיִם, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה נָזִיר שְׁתָּיִם:

If one assumed many Naziritisms and completed his Naziritism and then came to Eretz Yisrael [(For Naziritism obtains only in Eretz Yisrael because of the uncleanliness of "the lands of the nations." And if one vowed Naziritism outside Eretz Yisrael, he is obliged to go up to Eretz Yisrael and observe his Naziritism there)], Beth Shammai say: He becomes a Nazirite for thirty days, and Beth Hillel say: He becomes a Nazirite from the beginning. [He must observe in Eretz Yisrael the number of days of Naziritism that he vowed. And the days of Naziritism that he observed outside of Eretz Yisrael are not regarded as such at all.]

Jerusalem Talmud Nazir

MISHNAH: If somebody vowed¹⁰²Somewhere in the diaspora. Then he should have come to the Land immediately since outside he is automatically impure in the impurity of "the land of the Gentiles" which has aspects of the impurity of corpses. a lengthy nezirut, finished his nezirut, and then came to the Land, the House of Shammai say, he is a nazir for 30 days¹⁰³The minimum needed for nezirut in genuine purity which permits the nazir to offer his sacrifices., but the House of Hillel say, he is a nazir from the start. It happened to Queen Helena¹⁰⁴Of Adiabene. that her son went to war and she said, if my son returns from the war, I shall be a nezirah for seven years. Her son returned from war and she was a nezirah for seven years. At the end of seven years, she came to the Land¹⁰⁵According to Josephus, she arrived about 43 C.E., and the House of Hillel instructed her to be a nezirah for another seven years. At the end of seven years she became impure and was nezirah for a total of 21 years. Rebbi Jehudah said, she was a nezirah only for fourteen years¹⁰⁶Since R. Ilai, R. Jehudah’s father, was a student of R. Eliezer who followed the House of Shammai, R. Jehudah tells us that Helene followed the House of Shammai, became impure at the end of 30 days, and had to restart her original nezirut..

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