If a cup of wine duly tempered is offered to a man, and he says, `I intend to be a Nazirite in regard to it,` He becomes a Nazirite. On one occasion a cup of wine was offered to a woman already intoxicated and she said, `I intend to be a Nazirite in regard to it. The Sages ruled that all that she meant was to forbid it to herself, as a sacrifice [is forbidden] |
נזיר 2.3 |
[If a man says,] `I declare myself a Nazirite, on condition that I can drink wine, or can have contact with the dead`, he becomes a Nazirite, and all these things are forbidden him. [If he says,] `I was aware that there is such a thing as Naziriteship but I was not aware that a Nazirite is forbidden to drink wine`, he is bound [to his vow]. R. Simeon, however, releases him. [If he says,] `I was aware that a Nazirite is forbidden to drink wine, but I imagined that the Sages would give me permission, since I cannot do without wine`, or `since I am a sexton`, he is released. R. Simeon, however, binds him [to his vow]. |
נזיר 2.4 |
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