Rashi #1, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: He was not careful not to become Tamei.
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Rashi #2 (citing R. Elazar ha'Kapar): He abstained
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from wine
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- when the Torah permits it.
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Nedarim, 10a: The early Chasidim who wanted to donate an Olah or a Shelamim would do so - they would not however, become Nezirim in order to bring it, since the Torah refers to a Nazir as a sinner.
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Nedarim, 10a: And if someone who desists from wine is called a sinner, how much more so someone who desists from all food (by fasting). See Torah Temimah, note 84, who elaborates, and to 6:5:1:2*.
Those Chasidim followed the opinin of R. Elzazar ha'Kapar. See answer #2.
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What does the Torah mean when it writes "ve'Kidash es Rosho"?
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Rashi: It means that he is obligated to begin his Nezirus all over again.
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What are the implications of the words "Ve'kadash es Rosho ba'Yom ha'Hu"?
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Nazir, 18a: With reference to "Vechiper alav ... ", it implies that the Nazir only begins counting his Nezirus Taharah after having brought his Chatas,
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even though he has not yet brought his Asham.
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See Torah Temimah, note 86, who elaborates. This is the opinion of Rebbi; but according to R. Yossi b'R. Yehudah, "ba'Yom ha'Hu" refers to the day that he shaves.
See Torah Temimah, note 87. See also Oznayim la'Torah, who elaborates.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
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Rashi writes that R. Elazar ha'Kapar holds that a Nazir's sin is that he abstained from wine. Then why does a Nazir Tahor not bring a Korban?
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Moshav Zekeinim: Because, as opposed to a Nazir Tamei, whose first days are lost and only the Aveirah remains, by a Zazir Tahor, the Mitzvah overrides the Aveirah and a Korban is not necessary
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Oznayim la'Torah: Because if he became Tamei, it is a sign that he has not yet abandoned his thoughts of pleasure in this world cmpletely, which is not the case by a Nazir who did not become Tamei.
Nevertheless, because the Torah refers to a Nazir as a sinner, R. Shimon in Nedarim, 10a, maintains that the early Chasidim would desist from becoming Nezirim. See Torah Temimah, note 84.
