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Our dad includes as description of how one might become a nazirite by making a conditional promise.
The rabbis seem to be helping each other understand the parameters of nazirut through their discussion.
What are the details how a nazirite deals with hair that is heavy? How would this or other uncertainties affect one's ability to bring offerings?
And if a person vows to be a nazirite like Samson, well, that is impossible - Samson's status was decreed. One cannot use a vow to create a status equivalent to that of Samson.
The rabbis end our daf with a continuation of their argument. Do we treat conditional vows regarding nazirut with leniency?
Can vows of nazirut be conditional at all?
We explore different views of the life of Shimshon and his the Nazirite injunctions against drinking alcohol and eating unclean food placed upon his mother since the child is to be a Nazirite “from birth” (Judges 13:5).