(Se ele dissesse :) "Eu serei um nazirita como os cabelos da minha cabeça", "como o pó da terra", "como a areia do mar", ele se torna um nazireu perpétuo (Nazir olam) e faz a barba uma vez a cada trinta dias. [Não é um "Nazir Olam", literalmente, pois um Nazir Olam faz a barba uma vez a cada doze meses, enquanto esse faz a barba uma vez a cada trinta dias. Como ele vinculou seu naziritismo a coisas distintas, é como se ele igualasse o número de seus naziritismos ao número de cabelos na cabeça ou ao número de poeira (partículas) no chão, em oposição a um Nazir olam, que não divida seus naziritismos, mas torne tudo um naziritismo.] Rebbi diz: Este não se barbeia a cada trinta dias. [Porque ele diz: "Eu serei um nazirita", é todo um naziritismo, e ele se barbeia apenas uma vez a cada doze meses, assim como um nazir olam.] E quem se barbeia a cada trinta dias? Alguém que diz: "Faço o naziritismo de acordo com os cabelos da minha cabeça", "de acordo com o pó da terra", "de acordo com a areia do mar". [Pois nesse caso, ele indica que tomou nazistismos distintos, como o número de cabelos em sua cabeça. A halachá não está de acordo com Rebi.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
הריני נזיר כשער ראשי – or like the dust of the earth. וכעפר הארץ וכו' ה"ז נזיר עולם – but not a real life-long Nazirite, for if he was a life-long Nazirite, he would shave once in twelve months but this one shaves once in thirty days for since his Naziriteship depends upon empty words as if he made the vow in the number of his Naziriteships like the hairs in his head or like the dust of the earth, which is not the case for a life-long Nazirite where he did not divide his Naziriteships but rather did them all in one [period] of Naziriteship.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
Introduction
This mishnah discusses a person who seemingly accepts upon himself an extremely large number of naziriteships. The question is, is he considered a life-nazirite, or one who is observing an endless series of naziriteships, who must shave his head between each period.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Nazir
רבי אומר אין זה מגלח לשלשים יום – for since he said: “I will be a Nazirite” – all of it is one [period] of Naziriteship and he does not shave other than every twelve months like a life-long Nazirite, and which one shaves every thirty days? The one who says, “Naziriteship will be upon me like the hairs of y head, for then it proves that his Naziriteships are interrupted, he accepted upon himself like the number of hairs on his head, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi [Judah the Prince].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
[If one says,] “Behold, I am a nazirite as the hairs of my head”, or “As the dust of the earth”, or “As the sands of the sea,” he becomes a life-nazirite, and shaves his head every thirty days. Rabbi says: this one does not shave his head every thirty days. According to the first opinion in this mishnah, this person has made an infinite number of nazirite vows, each one being without specified duration, and hence thirty days. Therefore, he observes one naziriteship, shaves his head, offers sacrifices, and then immediately begins to observe another naziriteship. According to Rabbi, this person’s intention was merely to be a life-nazirite. Therefore, he does not shave his head once every thirty days.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Nazir
The one who shave his head every thirty days is the one who says, “Behold, upon me are naziriteships as the hair on my head”, or “As the dust of the earth”, or “As the sands of the sea.” This is a continuation of Rabbi’s words from the previous section. In order for him to be in the category of one who shaves his head every thirty days, he must specify that he is vowing many naziriteships. In this case he accepts upon himself distinct periods of naziriteship, shaving after each one is completed.
