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The Mishnah at the beginning of the fourth chapter discusses a case where one person declared his becoming a nazir, and several people, in succession, each say they will also become a nazir.
However, the statement of each person is that he will follow the example of the person immediately before him.
Therefore, if the first person revokes his nezirus, the entire line of commitment collapses, and no one is a nazir. In the Gemara, Reish Lakish adds that the Mishnah must be understood where all of the speakers who accepted nezirus upon themselves did so within a narrow time period of within the time it takes for a student to greet his Torah teacher (who says the three words —Hello to you, my Rebbe.”)
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