nazir 7

nazir 6

a complete cycle of the moon and hair growth.

nazir 5

working out when to go to the barbers - from the scroll, from the letters or from one's status.

nazir 4

the permanent nazir who can cut his hair if it is too heavy - but can't be near the dead. Knives and blades are for shaving and trimming.

and the Samsonite nazir who can go near the dead, but can't cut his hair. Knives are for killing.

nazir 3

making the vow while holding the hair,
and listing all the prohibited things.
- nothing is ambiguous

nazir 2

why be a nazir?

either are inspired by another to grow one's hair to be beautiful,

or

to abstain from wine out of disgust for the one whose hair is exposed and dishevelled.

goodbye nazir

in an ideal world, I would have posted all of mesechet nazir on this website. up-dated it everyday. patient followers of this blog would know that it has been a while since I have done the daily updates. it is not an ideal world. as much as I would like and want it to be.

mesechet nazir seems to be bookended by desire. wants. longing. wishing....

I wondered if there is a thread that ties the various bits of nazir 66 together. so here's what I've come up with (this may or may not stand up to scrutiny/be so obvious EVERYONE knows this)
the 7 ways to examine the uncertain zav, shmuel being a Nazir and being the first to grab the mitzvah has the greatest reward.

it's about want and desire. lusting (did the ?zav have erotic thoughts about a woman is one of the 7), longing (hannah longed for a child so vowed him to be a Nazir as bargaining) and grabbing the cup to say the bracha is greater than saying amen as its the first, and shows eagerness. 

all 3 are different aspects of the same emotion. some praiseworthy, others not. and could make an even more tenuous link to the opening daf of Nazir. why vow to be a Nazir in the first place? wanting to have hair like a Nazir. or disgust with the lust that wine induces (why it's before Sotah)

at some point all these drawings will go on my blog. today I am in Venice working on an exciting haggadah project, so putting I'm it off that task. yet again.