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עקידת יצחק — מיין ושכר יזיר / מחרצנים ועד זג

Q (the cluster): Why does the Torah spell out the nazir's wine prohibition in four separate forms? Why such detail for one who has merely vowed abstinence? What does the nazir's discipline teach the rest of us? A (the unifying chiddush): The Torah details each particular of the prohibition to teach that perishus requires fences and safeguards — the nazir must keep far not only from wine but from g

פירטה התורה איסורי הנזיר בכל פרטיהם להורות שהפרישות צריכה גדר וסייג, וההרחקה מן הקצוות

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עקידת יצחק

Akeidat Yitzchak 73:3

Q — Why does the Torah spell out the nazir's wine prohibition in four separate forms? Why such detail for one who has merely vowed abstinence? What does the nazir's discipline teach the rest of us?

A — The Torah details each particular of the prohibition to teach that perishus requires fences and safeguards — the nazir must keep far not only from wine but from grape, skin, and seed, lest he drift toward the very indulgence he renounced. The fourfold specification models that genuine self-restraint guards the approaches, not merely the act. The nazir is a case study in measured separation: holiness through bounded abstinence, distancing from the extreme rather than a reckless leap, so that the vow elevates rather than distorts.

יבאר היות האדם בטבע לוחם מלחמות השם ומה הם ראשי צבאיו. ויתן עצה להיותו תמיד נוצח במלחמתו. איש או אשה כי יעשו מכל חטאת האדם בדרש (סוטה ב'.) למה נסמכה פרשת נזיר לפרשת סוטה לומר לך שכל הרואה סוטה בנוולה יפריש עצמו מן היין.

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