Se una donna ha promesso di essere una nazirita e ha bevuto vino o si è resa impura per i morti, [e in seguito suo marito ha annullato il voto], riceve quaranta strisce [per aver trasgredito prima dell'annullamento]. Se suo marito lo ha annullato a sua insaputa, e ha bevuto vino o si è fatta sporca per i morti, non riceve quaranta strisce. R. Yehudah dice: Sebbene non riceva quaranta strisce, riceve "strisce di ribellione" [per ordinanza degli scribi. Le "strisce di ribellione", ovunque menzionate, sono (valutate) secondo il giudizio del giudice e le esigenze del tempo. E questo (la limitazione del numero di strisce) si ottiene solo dove è già stata commessa una trasgressione. Ma per quanto riguarda un comandamento positivo, come: "Costruisci una succah" e il suo rifiuto di costruirla; "Prendi un lulav" e, rifiutando di prenderlo, gli vengono date strisce finché non acconsente o fino a quando "la sua anima non scade".
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.
