The Lantern

Nazir1

Glick

Nazir (Fol. 2b) We are taught (Ex. 15, 2) He is my God and I will beautify Him, i.e., I will beautify myself before Him with commandments; I will make a beautiful Succah, a beautiful Lulah (palm tree on Tabernacle), a beautiful Shophor (cornet), beautiful Tzitzith (fringes), and I will write a beautiful Torah and wrap it around with handsome ribbons.

(Fol. 4 b) Rabbi says: "We are taught in a Baraitha that Abshalom was a Nazarite for life, as it is said (II Sam. 15, 7) And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Abshalom said unto the king: 'Let me go, I pray thee, and fulfill my vow.' He would cut his hair once in twelve months, as it is said (Ib. 14, 26) And it was at the end of one year yamim l'yamim,] that he shaved if off, etc. (Fol. 5) We infer yamim l'yamim, which is used concerning a house in a walled city where it is also written yamim, just as in the latter case it means twelve months, so also does it mean twelve months in the former case."