Derasha 21 on Naso 6:07

Parashas Naso · Passuk 6:07

The Complete Passuk

לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ לְאָחִיו֙ וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ לֹא־יִטַּמָּ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בְּמֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י נֵ֥זֶר אֱלֹהָ֖יו עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

Even if their father or mother, or their brother or sister should die, they must not become defiled for any of them, since hair set apart for their Godchair set apart for their God Lit. “the restriction of his God.” is upon their head:

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Source: Nazir 48a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Nazir 48a
לאביו ולאמו — עיין לפנינו בפ׳ אמור\ldots וצרף לכאן.

English: “For his father or his mother” — see the parallel in Parashas Emor\ldots and join it here.

In context: The nazir’s stringency exceeds that of an ordinary kohen: even for the closest relatives he may not become impure. The parallel in Emor supplies the comparative framework.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal compare the nazir’s impurity restrictions with those of the kohen gadol and ordinary kohen.