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Why do I need the extra phrase “on that day” (Numbers 6:11)? This teaches that if it does not apply to the matter of the 8th day, since the verse is speaking of that day anyway, apply it to the matter of the 7th day, so that “on that day” means the day when he becomes ritually purified, even before
The Talmud asks: And what forced Rav Ḥisda to establish this Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, son of R' Yehuda? Let him establish it as referring to a case where one became impure by seeing, i.e., contracting, impurity on the night preceding the 8th day each time. Even according t
The Talmud suggests: Since he did not establish it in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi in this way, shall we say that Rav Ḥisda holds that night is not considered premature? In other words, although he cannot in practice bring his offerings until the morning, as the Temple service wa
Rav Adda bar Ahava said: This conclusion is incorrect, as even if Rav Ḥisda holds that the night is considered to be premature, he could not establish the Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi, as the offerings and his new term of naziriteship depend on each other: If you say n
§ The Talmud cites a baraita (Tosefta 4:8) concerning the matter of a nazirite who contracted ritual impurity many times itself: If a nazirite became impure, and then became impure on the 7th day of his purification process, and again became impure on the following 7th day of his purification proce