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משך חכמה — וזאת תורת הנזיר... יביא אתו

Why does the Torah write "יביא אתו" — using the hifil to say the nazir brings HIMSELF, requiring a derashah of R' Yishmael's "שלשה את-ים"?

זמן הנזירות לא נזכר בתורה בהדיא... וזה לגדור עצמו מהתאוות והגאוה והמותרות, ועל זה אין זמן — הכל לפי מה שהוא אדם. ולכן דבר בלשון שהוא מביא עצמו כמביא איש אחר, ובהשקפה שהוא רואה מעלת זולתו ושקול במאזני צדק, כן ישקיף על עניני עצמו.

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Meshekh Chokhmah, Naso:28

Q — Why does the Torah write "יביא אתו" — using the hifil to say the nazir brings HIMSELF, requiring a derashah of R' Yishmael's "שלשה את-ים"?

A — The Torah does not fix the LENGTH of nezirut because its purpose is "לגדור עצמו מהתאוות והגאוה והמותרות" — and the time required is unique to each person. How does a nazir know he has succeeded? When he can look at HIMSELF the way he would examine someone else — "כשהוא מסתכל על עניני עצמו כמביט על מפעלות אחרים" — free of self-bias. The verse therefore says "יביא אתו," hinting that the moment to end nezirut is the moment one can relate to oneself as if to another.

זמן הנזירות לא נזכר בתורה בהדיא... וזה לגדור עצמו מהתאוות והגאוה והמותרות, ועל זה אין זמן — הכל לפי מה שהוא אדם. ולכן דבר בלשון שהוא מביא עצמו כמביא איש אחר, ובהשקפה שהוא רואה מעלת זולתו ושקול במאזני צדק, כן ישקיף על עניני עצמו.

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