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Nazir 16a

נזיר ט״ז ע״א

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Topic

Closing רבי יוסי's view on impurity and the full זבה, then the new perek מי שאמר: when a נזיר shaves, how two terms are counted, and טומאה at the end of a term

Overview

The גמרא finishes a talk between רבי אושעיא and רבי יוחנן. רבי אושעיא says רבי יוסי agrees that the impurity counts only from now on. The גמרא asks how that fits רבי יוסי's ruling that the impurity is retroactive. It answers that the retroactive impurity is only מדרבנן. Next it asks how רבי יוסי, who holds that part of a day counts as a whole day, can ever have a full זבה. It gives two answers: a nonstop flow for three days, or seeing right before sunset each day. Then the perek הריני נזיר closes, and a new perek opens. A plain נזיר shaves on day 31, and day 30 also works. One who said 'thirty days' outright does not fulfill his נזירות by shaving on day 30. The משנה also explains how someone with two terms of נזירות counts his shaving days, and רבי פפייס testifies that day 30 counts toward the second term. Finally the משנה rules on a נזיר who becomes טמא near the end of his term, where רבי אליעזר argues for leniency. The גמרא begins discussing that case.

Opening lines

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ:

And he said to him:

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי קָאֵי כְּוָתָיךְ,

Rabbi Yosei holds in accordance with you,

דְּאָמַר מִכָּאן וּלְהַבָּא מְטַמֵּא.

as he says he becomes impure from now and onward.

וְהָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי

But wasn't it Rabbi Yosei

The steps (14)

  1. Statementרבי יוסי agrees: impurity counts only from now on
  2. ChallengeBut רבי יוסי said retroactive
  3. ResolutionRetroactive only by rabbinic law
  4. ChallengeIf part of a day is a whole day, how is there ever a full זבה?
  5. ResolutionFirst answer: she flows for three days straight
  6. ResolutionSecond answer: she sees right before sunset
  7. Conclusionהדרן — Closing the perek הריני נזיר
  8. StatementWhen a נזיר shaves: plain vow versus 'thirty days'
  9. StatementShaving days for someone who took on two terms
  10. Proofרבי פפייס testifies to the same rule
  11. StatementA plain נזיר becomes טמא on day 30
  12. Statementטמא on the last day of a 30-day or 100-day term
  13. Statementטמא on day 101, after the term but before shaving
  14. StatementThe גמרא quotes the first case of the משנה