Le «naziritisme», sans réserve, dure trente jours, [il est écrit (Nombres 6: 5): «Saint yiheyeh» («sera-t-il»). La gématrie (équivalent numérique) de "yiheyeh" est trente— d'où ils ont trouvé du soutien pour dire qu'il n'y a pas de nazirisme pendant moins de trente jours.] (S'il a dit :) "Je serai un Nazirite, un grand [Naziritisme]," "Je serai un Nazirite, un petit [Naziritisme] " —même [s'il disait: "Je serai naziréen] d'ici à la fin du monde", il observe le naziritisme pendant trente jours. [Quant à son dicton: "d'ici à la fin du monde", son intention est: Ce naziritisme est aussi long pour moi qu'il l'était à partir de maintenant jusqu'à la fin du monde.] (S'il disait :) "Je le ferai soyez un Nazirite et un jour, "" Je serai un Nazirite et une heure "," Je serai un Nazirite un et demi ", observe-t-il deux Naziritismes. [S'il a dit: "Je serai un Nazirite et un jour", quand il a dit: "Je serai un Nazirite", il accepta sur lui-même un Naziritisme, de sorte que lorsqu'il ajouta: "Et un jour," un autre Naziritisme obtient , car il n'y a pas de nazirisme moins de trente jours. De même, s'il disait: «Je serai un Nazirite et une heure», ou «Je serai un Nazirien un an et demi», obtiennent deux naziritismes; car il est impossible d'être naziréen pendant une heure ou (d'observer) un demi-naziritisme sans être nazirien pendant trente jours. En conséquence, il observe deux naziritismes. Il se rase au bout de trente jours et observe un nouveau naziritisme.] (S'il disait :) "Je serai naziréen pendant trente jours et une heure", il observe le naziritisme pendant trente et un jours, car il n'y a pas de nazirisme pour heures, [étant écrit (Ibid. 6): "les jours de son naziritisme"; et c'est comme s'il avait dit: «trente et un jours». Et nous ne disons pas que "une heure" dont il a parlé est un nazirisme (de trente jours) en soi, puisqu'elle peut être jointe aux "trente" dont il parlait auparavant.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
סתם נזירות שלשים יום – as it is written (Numbers 6:5): “it shall remain consecrated [until the completion of his term as a nazirite of the LORD].” [The word] "יהיה"/it shall remain – in Gematria is thirty. From here, they relied to state that there is no Naziriteship less than thirty days.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
Introduction
As we explained above, the minimum period of naziriteship is thirty days. However, a person can accept upon himself more than one “naziriteship”, and thereby become a nazirite for 60 days, 90 days etc. In such a case, after each thirty day naziriteship he would bring the sacrifices, shave his head and then start a new, thirty day period of naziriteship. In addition, a person can certainly become a nazirite for longer than thirty days if he so specifies.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
הריני נזיר אחת גדולה – whether he said: “I will be a Nazirite for a long period of time,” or whether he said, “I will be a Nazirite for a short period of time,” or whether he said I will be a Nazir from now until [as long as it takes to get to[ the end of the world,” he practices Naziriteship for thirty days. And “from now until the end of the world,” as he states, this is what it implies: upon me this Naziriteship was long as if it from now until [as long as it takes to get to] the end of the world.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
A nazirite vow of unspecified duration is for thirty days. If one says, “Behold, I am a nazirite for one long [period”], or “Behold, I am a nazirite for one short [period]”, or even [if he says, “[Behold, I am a nazirite for as long as it takes to go] from here to the end of the earth,” he is a nazirite for thirty days. If someone vows a nazirite vow but does not specify how long the naziriteship will last, the naziriteship will be thirty days. This is true even if he says that he wants to be a nazirite for a long time, or a nazirite for a short time, or even if he says he wants to be a nazirite for as long as it takes to walk from here to the end of the world, since he did not mention a specific period of time, he is a nazirite for only thirty days, no more and no less.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
[If one says,] “Behold, I am a nazirite, plus one day,” or “Behold, I am a nazirite, plus one hour,” or “Behold, I am a nazirite, once and a half,” he becomes a nazirite for two [periods of naziriteship]. In the cases mentioned in this section, he vows one period of naziriteship, and then a partial second period. The mishnah treats this as if he has vowed two periods of naziriteship. The first one he expressed fully, and the second one, even though he only partially expressed, is obligates him for a full second naziriteship.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
[If one says,] “Behold, I am a nazirite for thirty days plus an hour,” he becomes a nazirite for thirty-one days, since there is no naziriteship for hours. In this case he did not say “I am a nazirite” without specifying for how long, but rather, “I am a nazirite for thirty days plus one hour.” Since he mentioned thirty days he has only vowed one naziriteship that shall last thirty days plus one hour. However, one cannot be a nazirite for hours, and therefore he must observe a naziriteship of thirty-one days.
