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Rava said: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Eliezer, according to Ulla’s explanation? The verse states: “But the first days shall be void because his consecration was ritually impure” (Numbers 6:12), which he explains as follows: Why are his first days rendered void? They are void because
Abaye raised an objection to Rava from a baraita that is not in accordance with the opinion of Ulla: One who said: I am hereby a nazirite for 100 days, and he became ritually impure immediately, at the beginning of the 100 days, one might have thought it should negate the time he spent as a nazirite
The baraita continues: If one became ritually impure at the end of 100 days, that is, on the hundredth day, one might have thought it should negate the days he had counted. The verse therefore states: “But the first days shall be void,” indicating by inference that there are other days that can be
Abaye now concludes his objection to Rava: But with regard to this halakha of the baraita, you cannot say it is referring to an impure person who took a vow of naziriteship from the fact that it teaches: I am hereby a nazirite for 100 days, and he became impure immediately at the beginning of the 10
Rav Pappa said to Abaye: Those first days that we said he must observe in ritual purity according to R' Eliezer, does it mean that one day has finished and a second has started, so that if he became impure on the 2nd day it negates his tally, or perhaps it means that two days have finished, and a t