Nazir Daf 33

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Beis Hillel’s opinion that only “he whose words are not fulfilled” becomes a nazir

Beis Hillel had said in the Mishnah on Daf 32b regarding six people who made conflicting nezirus declarations regarding someone’s identity : אינו נזיר אלא מי שלא נתקיימו דבריו – No one of the six is a nazir except he whose words are not fulfilled. The Gemara asks, why would the one whose words are not fulfilled be a nazir? Rav Yehudah answered: אימא מי שנתקיימו דבריו – Say “one whose words are fulfilled is a nazir,” i.e., emend the Mishnah this way. Abaye answers: כגון דאמר אי נמי לאו פלוני הוא אהוי נזיר – The case is where he said immediately after, “Instead, if it is not Ploni, I will be a nazir,” i.e., he retracted his original declaration and reversed his term within תוך כדי דיבור. ומאי לא נתקיימו דבריו – And what is the meaning of “his words are not fulfilled”? לא נתקיימו דבריו הראשונים אלא דבריו אחרונים – It means his first words are not fulfilled, but his later words are.

Tosfos on Amud Beis

The entire amud beis is comprised of Tosafos from previous dapim.

Siman – Peg Leg Pirate. The hairy peg-leg pirate holding six people hostage who had made different conditional declarations of nezirus, figured out that only the guy who reversed his term within תוך כדי דיבור was the nazir, after he carefully read all the fine print that filled the backside of the instructions for, “How to Determine Who is the Nazir.”

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