Gentiles have no [competence for] Naziriteship, but women and slaves
have. The Nazirite vow is more stringent in the case of women than in
the case of slaves, for a man can compel his slave [to break his vow]
but he cannot compel his wife [to do so]. |
נזיר 9.1 |
If a Nazirite polls and then discovers that he was defiled, then if the defilement is definite [the Naziriteship] is rendered void, but if it is a defilement of the depth, it is not rendered void, before polling, however, either [type of defile ment] renders [the Naziriteship] void. [The Law regarding `defilement of the depth` is] as follows. If he goes down into a cavern to bathe, and a corpse is found floating at the mouth of the cavern, he is [definitely] unclean. If it is found embedded in the floor of the cavern, then if he went in merely to refresh himself he remains clean, but if it was to purify himself after defilement through contact with the dead he remains unclean, because where the status quo is one of defilement the defilement remains, but where it is one of purity, he remains clean, this being the presumption [in each case]. |
נזיר 9.2 |
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