Nazir 45b

נזיר מ״ה ע״ב

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Topic

End of the female נזיר discussion, burning the נזיר's shaved hair under the pot, and the waving that ends נזירות

Overview

The amud opens with the end of רבי שמעון שזורי's reason that a female נזיר does not shave at the Temple entrance: young כהנים might be aroused by her. The חכמים challenge him from the סוטה, who stands before the כהנים with her hair uncovered. He answers that the נזירה is adorned with makeup and the סוטה is not. A new משנה then teaches that a נזיר burns his shaved hair under the pot cooking his שלמים. The תנא קמא limits this to a pure shaving done in the מקדש, while רבי מאיר excludes only a טמא נזיר who shaved outside. The גמרא brings a ברייתא: gravy from the שלמים is put on the hair, and the חטאת or אשם pot also works after the fact. It learns both rules from the words ״זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים״. Another ברייתא gives three views (רבי מאיר, רבי יהודה and חכמים) on whose hair goes under the pot. Finally, a new משנה describes the waving of the cooked foreleg and the מצות, after which the נזיר may drink wine and become טמא למת.

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The steps (21)

1. StatementThe worry about young priests
2. ChallengeThe case of a סוטה seems to disprove the worry
3. ResolutionA נזירה is adorned and a סוטה is not
4. StatementBurning the shaved hair under the pot
5. Statementרבי מאיר: almost everyone burns the hair
6. StatementThe gravy goes on the hair, and the hair goes under the pot
7. ChallengeA pure נזיר doesn't bring an אשם
8. Resolutionרבא: the אשם part is about a טמא נזיר
9. QuestionWhere do we learn the gravy rule?
10. Responseרבא: ״תַּחַת זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים״ means some of the offering is under the hair
11. QuestionWhy does the חטאת pot also work?
12. ResponseThe word ״זֶבַח״ includes the חטאת and אשם
13. ChallengeBut ״זֶבַח״ was already used for the gravy
14. ResolutionThe פסוק's unusual wording shows ״זֶבַח״ teaches more
15. ChallengeMaybe the פסוק is only about the חטאת and אשם
16. ResolutionThe phrase ״זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים״ teaches both laws
17. Statementרבי מאיר: everyone throws hair under the pot except a טמא נזיר who shaved outside
18. Statementרבי יהודה: it depends only on pure or impure
19. Statementחכמים: only a טהור נזיר in the מקדש throws his hair
20. StatementThe משנה: cooking the peace-offering and the waving
21. StatementAfter the waving, the נזיר is permitted