Nazir 29B

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No, you cannot make this claim, because if you say that this is true with regard to a male, when bringing his offering involves only one uncertain prohibition, i.e., that he might be bringing non-sacred animals into the Temple courtyard, shall you also say that this is the case with regard to a fe

The Talmud asks: What are these two prohibitions? Are they not the prohibition against consuming an unslaughtered animal carcass by eating a bird killed by pinching, and the prohibition against bringing non-sacred animals into the Temple courtyard? This shows that the prohibition against bringing

§ The Talmud returns to the question of whether the ruling that a man can impose naziriteship on his son is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai or whether it is part of the boy’s education. Let us say that this is parallel to a dispute between tanna’im. As it is taught: Until when can a fathe

What, is it not the case that this is a dispute between tanna’im: As R' Yehuda HaNasi holds that it is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai with regard to a nazirite, and therefore even though the son has already reached the age of vows and is capable of making his own decision with regard to t

The Talmud rejects this argument. The rabbis say in response: No; this is not the correct explanation of that dispute, as one can say that everyone, both R' Yehuda HaNasi and R' Yosei, son of R' Yehuda, agrees with R' Yoḥanan that it is a halakha with regard to a nazirite, and here they disagree w