Nazir 34a

נזיר ל״ד ע״א

Learn Nazir 34a step by step: Aramaic beside English, every question, answer and proof colour-coded.

Open Nazir 34a in Gemara Clarity

Topic

Who wrote the משנה about the unidentified stranger, the vows about a כּוֹי, and the start of the new פרק on the three things forbidden to a נזיר.

Overview

The amud opens by asking who wrote the משנה about six people who vowed נזירות on the identity of an approaching stranger. That משנה says no one is a נזיר if the stranger turned back unidentified. The גמרא rejects רבי טרפון as the author, because he holds that such a vow never takes effect at all. It names רבי יהודה instead, who is lenient when a grain heap is lost and its size can never be checked. רבי שמעון is strict in both cases. A new משנה then describes people making opposite נזירות vows about whether a כּוֹי is a חיה or a בהמה, and it rules that all of them are נזירים. The גמרא compares two ברייתות, one counting nine נזירים and one counting nine terms of נזירות. רב ששת explains how a single person can carry nine terms. The פרק בית שמאי then ends, and a new פרק opens with the three things forbidden to a נזיר: טומאה, shaving, and grapevine products.

Opening lines

The steps (13)

1. ChallengeCan the author be רבי טרפון?
2. ProofA ברייתא shows רבי טרפון's view
3. ResolutionThe author is רבי יהודה of the grain heap
4. ProofThe case of the stolen grain heap
5. ConclusionWhy רבי שמעון is strict in both cases
6. StatementNew משנה: vows about a כּוֹי
7. StatementThe rest of the vows, and everyone becomes a נזיר
8. StatementTwo teachings: nine נזירים or nine נזירויות
9. ChallengeNine people is clear, but how does one man get nine terms?
10. ChallengeSix terms work, but the last three don't
11. Resolutionרב ששת: taking on everyone's נזירות
12. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק בית שמאי
13. StatementThe three things forbidden to a נזיר