Si une femme a juré d'être une Nazirite et a bu du vin ou s'est rendue impure pour les morts, [et après que son mari a annulé son vœu], elle reçoit quarante coups [pour avoir transgressé avant l'annulation]. Si son mari l'a annulée à son insu, et qu'elle a bu du vin ou s'est rendue impure pour les morts, elle ne reçoit pas quarante coups. R. Yehudah dit: Bien qu'elle ne reçoive pas quarante coups, elle reçoit «des coups de rébellion» [par ordonnance des scribes. «Les rayures de la rébellion», partout où elles sont mentionnées, sont (évaluées) selon le jugement du juge et les exigences de l'époque. Et ceci (la limitation du nombre de rayures) ne s'obtient que lorsqu'une transgression a déjà été commise. Mais en ce qui concerne un commandement positif, tel que: «Construisez une souccah», et son refus de la construire; «Prends un loulav», et refusant de le prendre, on lui donne des galons jusqu'à ce qu'il acquiesce ou jusqu'à ce que «son âme expire»].
Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
והיתה שותה יין ומיטמאה למתים – and afterwards, her husband annulled her vow,
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
Introduction
A person who intentionally breaks their nazirite vow receives up to forty lashes, the same punishment received for breaking any negative commandment.
This mishnah deals with a woman who broke her nazirite vow but did not know that her husband had already annulled it.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
she receives forty stripes on account of the fact that she transgressed prior to his annulling her vow.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
If a woman takes a nazirite vow and then drinks wine or is defiled by a corpse, she receives forty [lashes]. This section simply states that a woman who breaks her nazirite vow is punished by up to forty lashes, as is anyone who breaks a nazirite vow. The Talmud explains that this is true even if her husband annuls the vow after she broke it. Since she broke it while the vow was still valid, she has transgressed and is therefore punished.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
תספוג מכת מרדות – from the words of the Scribes, and the whipping for rebelliousness/disobedience that are mentioned in every place are according to what the eyes of the judge see, and according to the needs of the hour and especially the sin that she has already committed, but regarding positive commandments such as “make a Sukkah” or “don’t make it,” “take a Lulav [and Etrog]” or he doesn’t take it,” we whip him until he does it, or until his soul departs.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
If her husband annuls [her vow] and she did not know that he annulled it, and she drinks wine or is defiled by a corpse, she does not receive the forty [lashes]. Rabbi Judah says: even though she does not receive the forty [lashes] she should receive lashes for disobedience. In this case, the husband annulled the vow before she broke it, but she did not know that he had annulled it. When she drank wine or defiled herself (intentionally) she thought that she was breaking her vow. The case is therefore one of a person who intended to sin but did not know that what they were actually doing was not sinful. According to the first opinion she receives no punishment. However, Rabbi Judah adds that although she is not punished with the regular lashes, she receives “lashes for disobedience”. These are “derabbanan” lashes, which the court can hand out whenever it sees fit. Since she intended to be sinful, she deserves to be punished, even though she did not actually break any vow.
