O "naziritismo", não qualificado, é de trinta dias, [sendo escrito (Números 6: 5): "Santo yiheyeh" ("ele será"). A gematria (equivalente numérico) de "yiheyeh" é trinta— de onde encontraram apoio para dizer que não há naziritismo por menos de trinta dias.] (Se ele dissesse :) "Eu serei um nazirita, um grande [naziritismo]", "" Eu serei um nazirita, um pequeno [naziritismo] " —mesmo [se ele dissesse: "Serei nazirita] de agora até o fim do mundo", ele observa o naziritismo por trinta dias. [Quanto ao seu ditado: "de agora em diante até o fim do mundo", sua intenção é: esse naziritismo é tão longo para mim quanto era desde agora até o fim do mundo.] (Se ele dissesse :) " ser nazirita e um dia "," serei nazirita e uma hora ";" serei nazirita e meia ", ele observa dois naziritismos. [Se ele dissesse: "Serei nazirita e um dia", quando ele disser: "Serei nazirita", ele aceitou um naziritismo, de modo que quando acrescentou: "e um dia", outro naziritismo obtém , pois não há naziritismo a menos de trinta dias. Da mesma forma, se ele dissesse: "Serei nazirita e uma hora" ou "Serei nazirita e meia", obtêm dois naziritismos; pois é impossível ser nazirita por uma hora ou (observar) meio naziritismo sem ser nazirita por trinta dias. Nesse sentido, ele observa dois naziritismos. Ele faz a barba no final de trinta dias e observa um novo naziritismo.] (Se ele dissesse :) "Eu serei um nazirita por trinta dias e uma hora", ele observa o naziritismo por trinta e um dias, pois não há naziritismo para horas, [sendo escrito (Ibid. 6): "os dias de seu naziritismo"; e é como se ele tivesse dito: "trinta e um dias". E não dizemos que a "uma hora" que ele mencionou é o naziritismo (trinta dias) em si, já que pode ser conjugada aos "trinta" que ele mencionou antes.]
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.
