Si uno dijo: "Seré un nazareo" y se volvió inmundo el día treinta, compensa todo (el naziritismo), [porque se volvió inmundo en medio de los días del naziritismo. Y no decimos que el trigésimo día vuelve a ambos (Naziritismos), que parte del día es como todo el día, excepto cuando se afeitó y trajo ofrendas ese día.] R. Eliezer dice: Él compensa solo siete días (de purificación por su impureza). [Porque él sostiene que decimos que parte del día es como todo el día, y es como si se volviera inmundo después del cumplimiento (de su naziritismo). Y la impureza después del cumplimiento, según R. Eliezer, compensa (es decir, agrega) solo siete.] (Si uno dijera :) "Seré nazareo por treinta días", si queda impuro el día treinta, compensa el todo [según R. Eliezer y según los rabinos. Porque desde que dijo; "Seré nazareo por treinta días", todos están de acuerdo en que él requiere treinta días completos y que no decimos en este caso: "parte del día es como todo el día". Y R. Eliezer, quien sostiene (3: 4) que aquel que se vuelve impuro en el día del cumplimiento mismo, compensa solo treinta días, pero no el todo, deriva de (Números 6:13): "Y esta es la ley de el nazareo en el día del cumplimiento "—Si se volvió impuro el día del cumplimiento, "dale" la ley del nazareo; es decir, el naziritismo en general, treinta días— Aquí, donde dijo: "Seré un nazareo por treinta días, y él se volvió impuro en el trigésimo día, que es el día del cumplimiento, cuando compensa los treinta, compensa al todo. Y a los rabinos, también, que difieren con R. Eliezer, diciendo que el que queda impuro el día de la realización compensa todo, incluso si contaba muchos días —aquí, donde dijo: "Seré nazareo por treinta días", y se volvió impuro el día del cumplimiento, al compensar los treinta, compensa todo. De modo que tanto según R. Eliezer como según los rabinos, él compensa todo. Y dondequiera que R. Eliezer y los sabios difieran, la halajá está de acuerdo con los sabios.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
נמצא יום שלשים סתר את הכל – for he was defiled in the midst of the days of his Naziriteship, and we don’t say that the thirtieth day counts both for here (i.e., the first Naziriteship) and there (i.e., the second Naziriteship), since part of a day is considered a complete day, but rather, when he shaved and brought his [hair] sacrifices on that day.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
Introduction
When a nazirite becomes impure he renders void the entire term of naziriteship that he has already observed. He must purify himself in the standard procedure, which takes seven days. He then shaves, brings a bird sacrifice and then he begins to count again (see Numbers 6:9-12). Our mishnah deals with one who has become impure on the thirtieth day of his nazirite period. This person has not yet brought the sacrifices which he brings at the end of his naziriteship.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
ר"א אומר אינו סותר אלא שבעה – for he holds that we say that part of a day is considered as a whole day and it is as if he became defiled after fulfilling [his Naziriteship], and defilement after fulfilling [his Naziriteship] according to Rabbi Eliezer does not lose anything other than seven [days].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
If one says, “Behold, I am a nazirite,” and becomes impure on the thirtieth day, he renders void the whole period. Rabbi Eliezer says: only seven days are void. According to the first opinion, even though he has reached the thirtieth day, and thereby completed his nazirite vow of unspecified duration, since he has not yet brought his sacrifices, his becoming impure renders the whole period void. He now has to become pure, shave and bring sacrifices and then start counting again. Rabbi Eliezer holds that this does not void all of the days which he has already served. Rather he waits seven days, during which he purifies himself and then brings the end of naziriteship sacrifices. According to Rabbi Eliezer, since on the thirtieth day he could have offered his sacrifices before he became impure, it is as if he completed his naziriteship, he just can’t offer his sacrifices until he becomes pure.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
הריני נזיר שלשים יום נטמא יום ל' סתר את הכל – whether according to Rabbi Eliezer or according to the Rabbis, for since he said, “I am a Nazirite for thirty days,” everyone agrees that we require thirty complete days, and we don’t say in this that part of a day is considered a whole day. And Rabbi Eliezer who holds that a person (i.e., a Nazirite who is defiled on the fulfilling [the vow] exactly, loses only the thirtieth day and does not lose it all, we derive it from a Biblical verse, as it is written (Numbers 6:13): “This is the ritual of the nazirite: On the day that his term as Nazirite is completed.” If he is defiled on the day of completion, give him the Torah of Naziriteship, meaning to say an unspecified period of Naziriteship is thirty days; here that he said: “I am a Nazirite for thirty days,” and he was defiled on the thirtieth day which is the day of completion, since he lost all thirty, he lost everything. But the Rabbis also who dispute that of Rabbi Eliezer and state that someone who is defiled on the day of completion has lost everything and even if he counted a few days here, for when he said, “I am a Nazirite for thirty days and was defiled on the day of completion, since he also lost the thirtieth day, he lost everything; therefore, whether according to Rabbi Eliezer or according to the Rabbis, he lost everything, and in everything where Rabbi Eliezer and the Sages dispute, the Halakha is according to the Sages.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
[If one says,] “Behold, I am a nazirite for thirty days”, and becomes impure on the thirtieth day, the he renders void the whole period. However, if he vows to be a nazirite for thirty days, he must serve a full thirty days, as we learned in yesterday’s mishnah. In this case if he becomes impure on the thirtieth day, Rabbi Eliezer would agree that he has rendered the entire naziriteship void. He must become pure and then start counting again.
