If [people] were walking along the road and [saw] someone coming towards them, and one said, `I declare myself a Nazirite if it is so-and-so, whilst another said, `I declare myself a Nazirite if it is not so-and-so,` [and a third man,] ` declare myself a Nazirite if one of you is a Nazirite,` [a Fourth, `I declare myself a Nazirite] if neither of you is a Nazirite,` [a Fifth, `I declare myself a Nazirite] if both of you are Nazirites,` [and a sixth, `I declare myself a Nazirite] if all of you are Nazirites.` Beth Shammai say that all [six] of them are Nazirites, but Beth Hillel Say that only those whose words were not fulfilled, are Nazirites. R. Tarfon said: not one of them is a Nazirite |
נזיר 5.5 |
If [the person approaching] turned away suddenly [without being identified], he is not a Nazirite. R. Simeon says: He should say, `if I was right, I am a Nazirite obligatorily, otherwise I wish to be a Nazirite, voluntarily. |
נזיר 5.6 |
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