Nazariteship Chapter 2

הַנּוֹדֵר בְּנָזִיר בְּשׁוֹגֵג אוֹ בְּאֹנֶס אוֹ שֶׁנָּדַר לְזָרֵז חֲבֵרוֹ אוֹ דֶּרֶךְ הֲבַאי הֲרֵי זֶה פָּטוּר כִּשְׁאָר נְדָרִים. וּמִי שֶׁנָּדַר בְּנָזִיר וְנִחָם עַל נִדְרוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה נִשְׁאָל לְחָכָם וּמַתִּיר לוֹ נְזִירוּתוֹ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמַּתִּירִין שְׁאָר הַנְּדָרִים:

When a person takes a nazirite vow inadvertently, is compelled to take one by forces beyond his control, takes one in order to encourage a colleague, or takes one while making exaggerated statements, he is exempt as is the law concerning other vows. When a person takes a nazirite vow and regrets having taking it, he may approach a sage and ask him [to absolve it]. He may release his nazirite vow in the same way he releases other vows.

מִי שֶׁנָּדַר בְּנָזִיר וְהָלַךְ לְהָבִיא קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו שֶׁנָּזַר עַל דַּעַת שֶׁיְּבִיאֵם בִּמְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ. מְצָאָן שֶׁנִּגְנְבוּ אוֹ נִגְנְבָה בְּהֵמָה מֵהֶן. אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִגְנְבָה הַבְּהֵמָה נָזַר הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. וְאִם אַחַר שֶׁנִּגְנְבָה אוֹ שֶׁאָבְדָה אוֹ שֶׁמֵּתָה נָזַר אֵינוֹ נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה נָזַר בְּטָעוּת:

[The following rules apply when a person] took a nazirite vow and went to brings his sacrifices for that vow with the intent that he will bring them on the completion of the days of his vow, but discovered that either all of the animals or one of them were stolen. If he took the nazirite vow before the animal was stolen, he is a nazirite. If he took the nazirite vow after [an animal] was stolen, lost, or died, he is not a nazirite. It is as if he took a nazirite vow in error.

הַמַּתְפִּיס בִּנְזִירוּת הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ בְּדִין כָּל הַמַּתְפִּיס בְּנֵדֶר:

When a person extends a nazirite vow, he is a nazirite, as we explained with regard to the laws concerning the extension of other vows.

הָיָה נָזִיר עוֹבֵר לְפָנָיו וְאָמַר הֲרֵינִי כָּזֶה הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. נָדַר חֲבֵרוֹ בְּנָזִיר וְאָמַר הוּא פִּי כְּפִיו מִיַּיִן אוֹ שֶׁאָמַר שְׂעָרִי כִּשְׂעָרוֹ מִלְּהִגָּזֵז הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. וְכֵן אִם שָׁמַע וְאָמַר וַאֲנִי בְּתוֹךְ כְּדֵי דִּבּוּר [וְשָׁמַע שְׁלִישִׁי בְּתוֹךְ כְּדֵי דִּבּוּר] שֶׁל שֵׁנִי וְאָמַר וַאֲנִי וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵן מֵאָה כֻּלָּן נְזִירִין:

If a nazirite was passing before him and he said: "I am like him," he is a nazirite. If a colleague of his took a nazirite vow and he said: "My mouth is like his mouth with regard to wine" or "My hair is like his hair with regard to cutting it," he is a nazirite. Similarly, if he heard him [take a nazirite vow] and said: "And also I" immediately thereafter, [he is a nazirite]. And if a third person said: "And also I" immediately after the second person's statement - even if this continues for 100 individuals - they are all nazirites.

הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כְּשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִי בֵּן וַחֲבֵרוֹ אָמַר וַאֲנִי הֲרֵי חֲבֵרוֹ נָזִיר מִיָּד:

If a person says: "I will be a nazirite when a son will be born to me," and his colleague says: "And also I," his colleague becomes a nazirite immediately.

הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כְּשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לְךָ בֵּן וְשָׁמַע חֲבֵרוֹ וְאָמַר וַאֲנִי אֵין זֶה נָזִיר. שֶׁלֹּא נִתְכַּוֵּן זֶה הָאַחֲרוֹן אֶלָּא לוֹמַר שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹהֵב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לְךָ בֵּן כְּמוֹ זֶה שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא בּוֹשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ:

When a person tells a colleague: "I will be a nazirite when a son will be born to you," and his colleague says: "And also I," [his colleague does not become] a nazirite. [The rationale is that] the latter person only had the desire to say that he would love for a son to be born to him to the same degree as the first does. For he is embarrassed in his presence.

הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר כְּשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִפְלוֹנִי בֵּן וְשָׁמַע חֲבֵרוֹ וְאָמַר וַאֲנִי. הֲרֵי זֶה סָפֵק שֶׁמָּא לֹא נִתְכַּוֵּן אֶלָּא לִהְיוֹת נָזִיר כְּמוֹתוֹ אוֹ לוֹמַר שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתוֹ כְּמוֹתְךָ. וּסְפֵק נְזִירוּת לְהָקֵל:

When a person says: "I will be a nazirite when a son will be born to so-and so," and his colleague heard his statement and said: "And also I," there is an unresolved question concerning the matter. Perhaps his colleague's intent was to become a nazirite like him or perhaps he wanted to say that he loved him like the other person did. When there is a question whether a nazirite vow takes effect, we rule leniently.

שְׁנַיִם שֶׁהָיוּ מְהַלְּכִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְרָאוּ אֶחָד בָּא כְּנֶגְדָּן וְאָמַר אֶחָד מִן הַשְּׁנַיִם זֶה הַהוֹלֵךְ כְּנֶגְדֵּנוּ שִׁמְעוֹן הוּא. וְאָמַר חֲבֵרוֹ רְאוּבֵן הוּא. וְאָמַר זֶה הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אִם יִהְיֶה רְאוּבֵן. וְאָמַר הָאַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אִם יִהְיֶה שִׁמְעוֹן. הִגִּיעַ אֲלֵיהֶם וַהֲרֵי הוּא רְאוּבֵן הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. וְאִם הָיָה שִׁמְעוֹן הֲרֵי חֲבֵרוֹ נָזִיר כְּמוֹ שֶׁנָּדְרוּ. וְכֵן כָּל כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה. לֹא הִגִּיעַ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶלָּא חָזַר לַאֲחוֹרָיו וְנֶעְלַם מֵעֵינֵיהֶם וְלֹא יָדְעוּ מִי הוּא אֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶן נָזִיר:

[A nazirite vow can take effect in the following situation.] Two people were walking on the road and saw another person approaching them. One of them said: "The person approaching us is Shimon." The other said: "He is Reuven." The first replied: "I will become a nazirite if it is Reuven" and the second responded: "I will become a nazirite if it is Shimon." If he reaches them and he is Reuven, [the first] is a nazirite. If it is Shimon, the second is a nazirite as per the vows. Similar laws apply in all analogous situations. If the person did not reach them, but instead turned backward and disappeared from their sight and they did not discover his identity, neither of them are nazirites.

וְכֵן הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אִם יִהְיֶה בִּכְרִי זֶה מֵאָה כּוֹר וְהָלַךְ לְמוֹדְדוֹ וּמְצָאוֹ שֶׁנִּגְנַב אוֹ שֶׁאָבַד אֵינוֹ נָזִיר. וְכֵן כָּל כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה. שֶׁסָּפֵק נְזִירוּת לְהָקֵל:

Similarly, when a person says: "I will be a nazirite if there will be 100 kor in this grainheap," if when he goes to measure it, he discovers that [some of the produce] was stolen or lost, he is not a nazirite. Similar laws apply in all analogous situations. [The rationale is that] When there is a question about whether a nazirite vow takes effect, we rule leniently.

הָיוּ מְהַלְּכִין בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְרָאוּ אֶת הַכְּוִי מֵרָחוֹק וְאָמַר אֶחָד מֵהֶם הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה חַיָּה. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה בְּהֵמָה. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה חַיָּה. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה בְּהֵמָה. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין זֶה לֹא חַיָּה וְלֹא בְּהֵמָה. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁזֶּה בְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה הֲרֵי כֻּלָּם נְזִירִים. מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַכְּוִי יֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה בָּהֶן לְחַיָּה וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה בָּהֶן לִבְהֵמָה וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לְחַיָּה וְלִבְהֵמָה וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שֶׁאֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה לֹא לִבְהֵמָה וְלֹא לְחַיָּה. וְהוּא הַדִּין אִם רָאוּ אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוּס וְנֶחְלְקוּ בּוֹ אִם הוּא אִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה וְנָדְרוּ עַל דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁנָּדְרוּ אֵלּוּ בִּכְוִי הֲרֵי כֻּלָּם נְזִירִים. שֶׁהָאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוּס יֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה בָּהֶן לְאִישׁ. וּדְרָכִים שָׁוֶה בָּהֶן לְאִשָּׁה. וּדְרָכִים שֶׁאֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה בָּהֶן לֹא לְאִישׁ וְלֹא לְאִשָּׁה. וּדְרָכִים שֶׁהֵן שָׁוִין לְאִישׁ וּלְאִשָּׁה:

All [of the people who took nazirite vow in the following situation] are nazirites. Several people] were walking on the road and saw a ko'i from a distance. One said: "I will be a nazirite if that is a wild beast." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if that is a domesticated animal." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if that is not a wild beast." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if that is not a domesticated animal." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if that is neither a wild beast, nor a domesticated animal." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if that is both a wild beast and a domesticated animal." [The rationale is that] in certain matters, a ko'i resembles a wild beast. In other matters, it resembles a domesticated animal. In still other matters, it resembles both a wild beast and a domesticated animal and in still other matters, it resembles neither a domesticated animal, nor a wild beast. Similar laws apply if they saw an androgynus and argued whether the person was a man or a woman and took vows similar to those mentioned with regard to a ko'i. They are all nazirities, because there are matters in which an androgynus resembles a man, matters where the resemblance is to a woman, matters in which there is no resemblance to either a man or a woman, and matters in which there is a resemblance to both a man and a woman.

וְכָל הַדְּרָכִים הָאֵלּוּ בְּעִנְיְנֵי הַמִּצְוֹת וְלֹא בְּטִבְעוֹ וְתוֹלַדְתּוֹ. וְכֵן דַּרְכֵי הַכְּוִי בְּעִנְיְנֵי הַמִּצְוֹת לֹא בְּטִבְעוֹ וְתוֹלַדְתּוֹ. כֵּיצַד. דָּמוֹ טָעוּן כִּסּוּי כְּחַיָּה וְחֶלְבּוֹ אָסוּר כִּבְהֵמָה. וַהֲרֵי הוּא כִּלְאַיִם עִם הַבְּהֵמָה וְכֵן עִם הַחַיָּה כְּאִלּוּ אֵינָהּ חַיָּה וְלֹא בְּהֵמָה. וְטָעוּן שְׁחִיטָה כִּבְהֵמָה וְחַיָּה. וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים אֲחֵרִים וְכָל אֶחָד מֵהֶן יִתְבָּאֵר בִּמְקוֹמוֹ. וְכֵן אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוּס מִטַּמֵּא בְּלֹבֶן כַּאֲנָשִׁים. וּמִטַּמֵּא בְּאֹדֶם כְּנָשִׁים. וְאֵינוֹ נִמְכָּר בְּעֶבֶד עִבְרִי לֹא כַּאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא כְּנָשִׁים. וְהַהוֹרְגוֹ נֶהֱרָג עָלָיו כַּאֲנָשִׁים וּכְנָשִׁים. וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דִּינִים אֲחֵרִים וְכָל אֶחָד יִכָּתֵב בִּמְקוֹמוֹ:

All of the above applies to the person's status with regard to the mitzvot and not with regard to his nature and physical characteristics. Similarly, the factors involving a ko'i apply with regard to the mitzvot and not with regard to its nature and physical characteristics. What is implied? [When] a ko'i [is slaughtered, its] blood must be covered as the blood of a wild beast must. Its fat is forbidden as is the fat of a domesticated animal. It is considered a union of mixed species if it is mated with either a domesticated animal or a wild beast, as if it were neither a wild beast or a domesticated animal. And it must be ritually slaughtered as is required for both a domesticated animal or a wild beast. Similarly, there are other halachic considerations that apply with regard to it and they will all be explained in their appropriate place. Similarly, an androgynus becomes impure because of a seminal emission like a man and because of uterine bleeding like a woman. He cannot be sold as a Hebrew servant, [differing in this way] from both a man and a woman. And a person who kills him is executed like one who kills either a man or a woman. There are also other laws applying to him. Each one will be stated in its place.

וְכֵן אִם רָאוּ אֲנָשִׁים בָּאִים כְּנֶגְדָּם מֵהֶם פִּקְחִים וּמֵהֶם סוּמִים וְאָמַר אֶחָד הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵלּוּ פִּקְחִין. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין אֵלּוּ פִּקְחִין. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵי אֲנִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵלּוּ סוּמִין. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין אֵלּוּ סוּמִין. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵלּוּ פִּקְחִין וְסוּמִין. וְאָמַר אַחֵר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר שֶׁאֵין אֵלּוּ לֹא פִּקְחִין וְלֹא סוּמִין. הֲרֵי כֻּלָּם נְזִירִים. וְכֵן כָּל כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה:

Similar [laws apply] if [several people] saw a group of men approaching them which contained sighted people and blind people. One said: "I will be a nazirite if they are sighted people." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if they are not sighted people." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if they are blind." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if they are not blind." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if among them are sighted people and blind people." Another said: "I will be a nazirite if among them are those who are not sighted people and those who are not blind." Similar laws apply in all analogous situations.

קָטָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לְעוֹנַת נְדָרִים וְנָדַר בְּנָזִיר הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר וּמֵבִיא קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעֲדַיִן לֹא הֵבִיא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת כִּשְׁאָר הַנְּדָרִים. וְהָאִישׁ מַדִּיר אֶת בְּנוֹ קָטָן בְּנָזִיר אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא בָּא לְעוֹנַת נְדָרִים. וְאֵין הָאִשָּׁה מַדֶּרֶת אֶת בְּנָהּ בְּנָזִיר. וְדָבָר זֶה הֲלָכָה מִפִּי הַקַּבָּלָה הוּא וְאֵינוֹ נוֹהֵג בִּשְׁאָר נְדָרִים:

When a minor reaches the age when his vows are of consequence and he takes a nazirite vow, he is a nazirite and must bring his sacrifices even though he has not manifested signs of physical maturity, as he [must uphold] his other vows. A father may administer a nazirite vow to his son who is underage even though he has not reached the age when his vows are of consequence. A woman, by contrast, may not administer a nazirite vow to her son. This is a concept conveyed by the Oral Tradition. It does not apply with regard to other vows.

כֵּיצַד. הָאָב שֶׁאָמַר לִבְנוֹ הַקָּטָן הֲרֵי אַתָּה נָזִיר. אוֹ שֶׁאָמַר בְּנִי פְּלוֹנִי נָזִיר אוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. וְשָׁתַק הַבֵּן. הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר וְחַיָּב הָאָב לִנְהֹג בּוֹ כָּל דִּקְדּוּקֵי נְזִירוּת וְאִם נִטְמָא מֵבִיא קָרְבַּן טֻמְאָה. וּכְשֶׁיַּשְׁלִים נְזִירוּתוֹ מֵבִיא קָרְבַּן טָהֳרָה כִּשְׁאָר הַנְּזִירִים הַגְּדוֹלִים:

What is implied? A father told his son who was a minor: "You are a nazirite"; he said: "My son, so-and-so, is a nazirite;" or he said, [pointing to his son,] "He is a nazirite," and the son remained silent, the son is a nazirite. The father must have him conduct himself according to all the particulars of the nazirite laws. If [the son] becomes impure, he must bring the sacrifices [associated with the termination] of impurity. When he completes his nazirite vow, he must bring the sacrifices [required when a nazirite vow is completed in] purity.

לֹא רָצָה הַבֵּן וּמִחָה בְּדָבָר זֶה אוֹ שֶׁמִּחוּ קְרוֹבָיו אוֹ שֶׁגִּלֵּחַ שְׂעָרוֹ אוֹ שֶׁגִּלְּחוּהוּ קְרוֹבָיו שֶׁהֲרֵי נַעֲשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁגִּלָּה דַּעְתּוֹ שֶׁלֹּא רָצָה הוּא אוֹ קְרוֹבָיו בִּנְזִירוּת זוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה אֵינוֹ נָזִיר. וְעַד מָתַי יֵשׁ לוֹ לְהַדִּירוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּגְדִּיל וְיֵעָשֶׂה אִישׁ:

If the son did not desire this and objected to the matter, his relatives objected, he cut off his hair, or his relatives cut off his hair - thus performing a deed that indicates that either he or his relatives did not desire the nazirite vow, he is not a nazirite. Until when may his father administer a nazirite vow to him? Until he attains majority, and becomes an adult.

הָעַכּוּ"ם אֵין לָהֶן נְזִירוּת. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ו ב) "דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל":

The concept of a nazirite vow does not apply to gentiles, for [Numbers 6:2] "Speak to the children of Israel."

נָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים יֵשׁ לָהֶן נְזִירוּת. וְהָאָב אוֹ הַבַּעַל מֵפֵר נְזִירוּת הָאִשָּׁה אִם רָצָה כִּשְׁאָר הַנְּדָרִים. אֲבָל הָעֶבֶד יֵשׁ לְרַבּוֹ לָכֹף אוֹתוֹ לִשְׁתּוֹת וּלְהִטָּמֵא לַמֵּתִים וְאִם לֹא כָּפָה אוֹתוֹ נוֹהֵג נְזִירוּת:

The concept of a nazirite vow does apply to women and servants. A father or a husband may nullify a nazirite vow taken by a woman if he so desires as is the case with regard to other vows. With regard to a servant, [to nullify his nazirite vow,] his master must compel him to drink [wine] or become impure due to contact with the dead. If he does not compel him, he must observe the nazirite vow.

נָדַר הָעֶבֶד שְׁאָר נְדָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן עִנּוּי נֶפֶשׁ אוֹ שֶׁמְּעַכְּבִין אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה אוֹ שֶׁהֶעֱרִיךְ. אֵין רַבּוֹ צָרִיךְ לְכֻפּוֹ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין נַפְשׁוֹ קְנוּיָה לוֹ וְלֹא יָחוּל עָלָיו נֶדֶר. לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְאוֹסֵר פֵּרוֹת אֲחֵרִים עֲלֵיהֶם. אֲבָל אִם אֵין שָׁם עִנּוּי וְלֹא דָּבָר שֶׁמְּעַכֵּב מְלָאכָה אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְכֻפּוֹ. נָדַר עַבְדּוֹ בִּנְזִירוּת וְאָמַר לוֹ מוּפָר לְךָ יָצָא לְחֵרוּת וְחַיָּב לְהַשְׁלִים נְזִירוּתוֹ. שֶׁהָעֶבֶד כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ וְאֵין מְפֵרִין לוֹ. וְאִם הֵפֵר יָצָא לְחֵרוּת:

When a servant takes other vows that involve personal aggravation or that prevent his performance of work or makes a valuation assessment, his master does not have to compel him [to act against the vow to nullify it]. [The rationale is that the servant] is not the owner of his self and he cannot cause a vow to take effect regarding his person. To what can the matter be compared? To a person who [takes a vow] forbidding produce belonging to another person to the owner of that produce. If, however, a vow does not involve personal aggravation and it is not a matter which holds back work, [the master] cannot compel him [not to observe it]. If a servant took a nazirite vow and his master told him: "It is nullified for you," [when] he receives his freedom, he is obligated to complete his nazirite vow. [The rationale is that] a servant must be compelled to nullify his vow. We do not nullify it verbally. If one nullifies it verbally, he is granted his freedom.

עֶבֶד שֶׁנָּדַר בִּנְזִירוּת וּבָרַח אוֹ שֶׁהָלַךְ מֵרַבּוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה אָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹת יַיִן כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּצְטַעֵר וְיַחְזֹר לִרְשׁוּת רַבּוֹ. נָזַר וְהִשְׁלִים נְזִירוּתוֹ וְגִלֵּחַ וְלֹא יְדָעוֹ רַבּוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ יָצָא לְחֵרוּת הֲרֵי זֶה יָצָא יְדֵי נִדְרוֹ. אֲבָל אִם נָדַר וְלֹא גִּלֵּחַ וְיָצָא לְחֵרוּת לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי נִדְרוֹ. נִטְמָא וְאַחַר כָּךְ יָצָא לְחֵרוּת מוֹנֶה מִשָּׁעָה שֶׁנִּטְמָא:

When a servant took a nazirite vow and fled from or abandoned his master, he is forbidden to drink wine. [This measure was enacted so that] he would suffer difficulty and return to his master's domain. If he took a nazirite vow, completed it, and shaved, without his master knowing of this, and afterwards, was granted his freedom, he is considered to have satisfied the requirements of his nazirite vow. If, however, he took a nazirite vow, but did not shave, and was granted his freedom, he is not considered to have fulfilled his nazirite vow. If he became impure and then was granted his freedom, he must begin reckoning [the days of his nazirite vow] from the time he became impure.

נְזִירוּת נוֹהֶגֶת בִּפְנֵי הַבַּיִת וְשֶׁלֹּא בִּפְנֵי הַבַּיִת. לְפִיכָךְ מִי שֶׁנָּדַר בְּנָזִיר בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר לְעוֹלָם. שֶׁאֵין לָנוּ בַּיִת כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבִיא קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו בִּמְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ:

Nazirite vows must be observed both while the Temple is standing and while the Temple was not standing. Therefore when a person takes a nazirite vow in the present era, he must observe it forever, because we do not have a Temple where he can go and offer his sacrifices at the conclusion of his nazirite vow.

אֵין הַנְּזִירוּת נוֹהֶגֶת אֶלָּא בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. וּמִי שֶׁנָּזַר בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ קוֹנְסִין אוֹתוֹ וּמְחַיְּבִין אוֹתוֹ לַעֲלוֹת לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִהְיוֹת נָזִיר בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמִנְיַן הַיָּמִים שֶׁנָּזַר. לְפִיכָךְ מִי שֶׁנָּדַר בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ לַעֲלוֹת לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִהְיוֹת נוֹהֵג שָׁם נְזִירוּת עַד שֶׁיָּמוּת אוֹ עַד שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְיָבִיא קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו בִּמְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ:

Naziriteship is observed only in Eretz Yisrael. If a man took the nazirite vow in the Diaspora, he is fined and compelled to go to Eretz Yisrael to be a nazirite there for the number of days he specified in the nazirite vow. Therefore, a man who pledged to become a nazirite in our days outside of Israel is compelled to go up to Eretz Yisrael and to fulfill the days of his nazirut there until he passes away or the Beit HaMikdash is built and he can sacrifice animals to finish his days as a nazir.

וְכָל זְמַן שֶׁהוּא בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ הֲרֵי זֶה אָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹת יַיִן וּלְהִטָּמֵא לַמֵּתִים וּלְגַלֵּחַ וְכָל דִּקְדּוּקֵי נְזִירוּת עָלָיו וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין יָמִים אֵלּוּ עוֹלִין לוֹ. וְאִם עָבַר וְשָׁתָה אוֹ גִּלֵּחַ אוֹ נָגַע בְּמֵת וְכַיּוֹצֵא בִּנְגִיעָה לוֹקֶה:

Throughout the entire time he is in the Diaspora, he is forbidden to drink wine, to become impure due to contact with the dead, and to cut his hair. He must uphold all of the requirements stemming from a nazirite vow, despite the fact that the days are not counted for him. If he transgressed and drank [wine], cut his hair, or touched a corpse or the like, he is liable for lashes.