Nazir 11 - February 3, 12 Shevat

Today’s daf is sponsored by Caroline Ben-Ari. “In honor of the 30th anniversary of the first time I read Torah, of the special birthday of my daughter Ilana, and of Tu B'Shvat, Chag La'ilanot.” Today’s daf is sponsored by Terri Krivosha in memory of her father, Nachum Meir ben Malka on his second yahrzeit. Yehi Zichro Baruch. And in honor of the first birthday of her granddaughter and her father’s namesake, Orli Nessa, daughter of Avi and Shaina Herring.  Today’s daf is sponsored by Blima Slutsky in memory of her father, Yitzchak Tzvi ben Blima and Chaim Shimon. If one is in a situation where they are being encouraged to drink and they say, "I am a nazir from it," they become a nazir. However, there was a case with a woman who was drunk and when she said this, they ruled she was not a nazir as she was just trying to prevent them from pushing her to drink more. The Mishna lists three cases in which one takes upon being a nazir but expresses hesitation (each in a different way) from accepting being a nazir fully. In the first case, there is no debate. In the other two, Rabbi Shimon and the rabbis disagree, but in each one, one is strict and the other is lenient but who is strict and who is lenient switches from one case to the other. First, the Gemara questions whether or not they disagree in the first case. Then they try to understand why Rabbi Shimon and the rabbis switch positions between the second and the third case. Three solutions are offered. If one person says they will be a nazir and they will pay for the sacrifices of another, and a person nearby says "and I and I will pay for the sacrifices of another," they can each pay for each other's (and that would be wise on their part!). What would have been the responsibilities of the second one if they only said "and I" - would it apply to both statements or not? The Gemara fleshes out the possibilities and weighs in on the issue.