תלמוד על נזיר 4:3

Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Ila: He may not dedicate for her the bird elevation offering, only the bird purification offering because the latter enables her to eat family sacrifices²⁴This speaks about the woman after childbirth whose husband is poor and can afford only two birds as purgation offering. It is asserted here that the husband on his own can only dedicate a sacrifice in which he has a direct interest, as stated by R. Abin. Mishnah Keritut 6:4 notes that only the purification offering enables her to eat family sacrifices. The elevation sacrifice also may be paid by him but only with his wife’s knowledge.. It was stated: He may dedicate for her only something that enables her to eat family sacrifices. Rebbi Yose said, that²⁵The offerings of the woman after childbirth. is all. It was stated: Just as that disables her from eating family sacrifices, so she disables others from eating family sacrifices; since he is hindered from enjoying with her it is as if he disabled her from eating family sacrifices²⁶In all cases, those whose impurity was produced by their own body and the suspected wife, where the husband cannot enjoy a holiday without having seen to it that her sacrifice has been presented in good order, any dereliction on his part to remove her disability is put on the same level as his hindering her from eating sacrifices. Therefore, it is his duty to bring these sacrifices and he does not need his wife’s consent for the dedication.. It was stated: Even by the shearing of her head²⁷The wife made a vow to be a nazir who may not drink any wine and the husband did not use his right to free her from any vow of self-punishment. As long as she is forbidden to drink wine, he cannot fully enjoy the holiday with her. Therefore, after she has cut her hair, the husband can dedicate the three offerings due from the nazir (Num. 6:14) without the knowledge of his wife (according to R. Ila only the family sacrifice which permits the wife to drink wine.) she hinders him from eating family sacrifices. Since she is ugly²⁸Because of her long hair. and he is hindered from enjoying with her it is as if he disabled her²⁹By not having vetoed her vow he is responsible for the problem. from eating family sacrifices.