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How many times is a nazir over bal yachel when drinking wine repeatedly—once or every time? The shiur analyzes the Gemara (גמרא) on Nedarim 2a, exploring whether bal yachel is a violation of a commitment (neder dikadedin) or a separate issur on each act, with major implications from the Rambam (רמב"ם), Ran, Miri, and Avnei Miluim.
This shiur analyzes the opening sugya of Masechta Nedarim (2a) focusing on the nature of bal yachel (the prohibition against breaking one's word) in the context of nazirus. The central question is whether a nazir who drinks wine multiple times violates bal yachel each time or only once. The Gemara (גמרא) raises a fundamental question: why isn't there a violation of bal yachel by nazirus in addition to the prohibition of lo yachol (not to eat forbidden items)? The shiur explores multiple approaches among the Rishonim. The Ran, Rosh, and Tosafos (תוספות) understand that the Gemara assumes there is a bal yachel, but the question is why it wouldn't apply independently. Rashi (רש"י), however, understands the Gemara's assumption (havamina) differently—that there is no bal yachel at all in nazirus, which raises the question of why Rashi would assume this.
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Nedarim 2a
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