Nazir 62a

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Topic

What the words אִישׁ and כִּי יַפְלִיא in the פסוקים of ערכין and נזיר come to teach: גוים, a מופלא סמוך לאיש, and finally a Torah hint for הֶיתֵּר נְדָרִים.

Overview

The גמרא rejects a proposal about what the פסוק of נזיר excludes for גוים, because רבי יוחנן says that rule is a הלכה למשה מסיני. It then asks why ערכין needs the word אִישׁ to include גוים, since a היקש to נדרים and a ברייתא on אִישׁ אִישׁ already include them. The answer is that אִישׁ includes a מופלא סמוך לאיש, and according to the view that this law is only דרבנן, it includes a near-adult גוי. That answer fits only one view about whether גוים can be valued or can make the vow. For the other view, רב אדא בר אהבה says כִּי יַפְלִיא teaches that an adult גוי who cannot clearly express a vow cannot make one. Next the גמרא asks why כִּי יַפְלִיא is written in נזיר. It tries ידים שאינן מוכיחות, which fits only אביי, and then רבי טרפון's rule, which the רבנן reject. Finally it says the phrase is needed for רבי אליעזר, who learns הֶיתֵּר נְדָרִים from the doubled כִּי יַפְלִא: one for forbidding and one for releasing.

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The steps (17)

1. ResolutionEnd of the proposal: גוים can still be נזירים
2. RejectionRejected: that rule is a הלכה למשה מסיני
3. ChallengeWhy does ערכין need the word אִישׁ?
4. Proofגוים are already included through the comparison to נדרים
5. Resolutionאִישׁ in ערכין includes a child about to become an adult
6. ChallengeWhat about the view that a near-adult's vow is only דרבנן?
7. ResolutionIt includes a near-adult גוי
8. ChallengeThe answer works for the view that gentiles can make valuation vows
9. ChallengeThe answer fails for the view that gentiles can be valued
10. ResolutionIt teaches about an adult gentile who cannot express a vow
11. ChallengeWhy does the Torah say "clearly utter" for נזירות?
12. ResolutionThe extra words include unclear partial vows
13. ChallengeThis answer fails according to רבא
14. ResolutionThe words teach רבי טרפון's rule about clear vows
15. ChallengeThis answer fails according to the רבנן
16. ResolutionThe words are needed as a source for releasing vows
17. Statementרבי אליעזר learns the release of vows from the doubled phrase