נְזִירוּת

נְזִירוּת, נְזִירָהf. (denom. of נָזִיר or נָזַר) abstinence, esp. the Nazarites vow, nazariteship. Sifra Emor, ch. III, Par. 4 (ref. to Lev. 22:2 וינזרו) אין נזירה אלא הפרשה the verb nazar means to abstain (guard); Num. R. s. 10 אין נזירות … אלא פרישות; Yalk. Lev. 632; Sifra l. c. הא אין נזירותוכ׳. Num. R. s. 10 אדם קובע עליו נזירות בתוך נְזִירָתוֹ a person may take the Nazarites vow within the time of his vow. Naz. IV, 7 מגלח על נזירות אביו may cut his hair (and sacrifice at the expiration of his vow) on the nazariteship of his (deceased) father, i. e. use his fathers money set apart for the purpose. Ib. הפריש … לנְזִירָתוֹ (Rashi to ib. 30a; נְזִירוּת) he had set apart money for his nazaritic expenses without mentioning special items; Tosef. ib. III, 16; Tosef.Meïl. I, 9. Ned.3b הנ׳ חל על הנ׳ (sub. נֵדֶר) one nazaritic vow may take effect on top of another, i. e. a vow taken within the term of another, takes effect when the first expires, v. supra; a. fr.Pl. (of נְזִירָה) נְזִירוֹת, (of נְזִירָיּת) נְזִירִיּוֹת. Ned.I, 1 (כינויי) נ׳ כנ׳ the substitutes for nazir are as effective as the word nazir itself. Tosef. Naz. l. c. לשאר נְזִירוֹתָיו for his other nazaritic expenses. Naz.14b שתי נ׳ two nazaritic vows. Y. ib. V, end, 54b וכולן … נזיריות and all of them must observe nine nazaritic vows in succession; a. fr.