Talmud for Nazir 1:3

סְתָם נְזִירוּת שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. אָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אַחַת גְּדוֹלָה, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אַחַת קְטַנָּה, אֲפִלּוּ מִכָּאן וְעַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם, נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם. הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר וְיוֹם אֶחָד, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר וְשָׁעָה אֶחָת, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אַחַת וּמֶחֱצָה, הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר שְׁתָּיִם. הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם וְשָׁעָה אֶחָת, נָזִיר שְׁלשִׁים וְאֶחָד יוֹם, שֶׁאֵין נוֹזְרִים לְשָׁעוֹת:

"Naziritism," unqualified, is for thirty days, [it being written (Numbers 6:5): "Holy yiheyeh" ("shall he be"). The gematria (numerical equivalent) of "yiheyeh" is thirty — whence they found support for saying that there is no Naziritism for less than thirty days.] (If he said:) "I shall be a Nazirite, one great [Naziritism]," "I shall be a Nazirite, one small [Naziritism]" — even [if he said: "I shall be a Nazirite] from now until the end of the world," he observes Naziritism for thirty days. [As to his saying: "from now until the end of the world," his intent is: This Naziritism is as long to me as it were from now until the end of the world.] (If he said:) "I shall be a Nazirite and one day," "I shall be a Nazirite and one hour," "I shall be a Nazirite one and a half," he observes two Naziritisms. [If he said: "I shall be a Nazirite and one day," when he said: "I shall be a Nazirite," he accepted upon himself one Naziritism, so that when he added: "and one day," another Naziritism obtains, for there is no Naziritism less than thirty days. Similarly, if he said: "I shall be a Nazirite and one hour," or "I shall be a Nazirite one and a half," two Naziritisms obtain; for it is impossible to be a Nazirite for one hour or (to observe) half a Naziritism without being a Nazirite for thirty days. Accordingly, he observes two Naziritisms. He shaves at the end of thirty days and observes a new Naziritism.] (If he said:) "I shall be a Nazirite for thirty days and one hour," he observes Naziritism for thirty-one days, for there is no Naziritism for hours, [it being written (Ibid. 6): "the days of his Naziritism"; and it is as if he had said: "thirty-one days." And we do not say that the "one hour" which he mentioned is (a thirty-day) Naziritism in itself, since it can be conjoined to the "thirty" which he mentioned before.]

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