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זכתה וקדמה ארבעה דורות בישראל למלכות.
she merited to precede the younger daughter by 4 generations to the monarchy of the Jewish people. The descendants of Ruth the Moabite ruled over the Jewish people for 4 generations: Obed, Yishai, David, and Solomon, before the reign of Solomon’s son Rehoboam, whose mother was Naamah the Ammonite.
מתני׳ האשה שנדרה בנזיר, והפרישה את בהמתה, ואחר כך היפר לה בעלה. אם שלו היתה הבהמה — תצא ותרעה בעדר.
Mishnah: With regard to a woman who vowed to be a nazirite and separated her animals for her offerings of purity at the end of her term, and afterward her husband nullified her vow, which means that she is not in fact a nazirite, what becomes of these animals? If the animal was his, it should go out and graze among the flock until it becomes blemished, like regular non-consecrated animals.
ואם שלה היתה הבהמה, החטאת — תמות, ועולה — תקרב עולה, שלמים — תקרב שלמים, ונאכלין ליום אחד, ואינן טעונין לחם.
And if the animal was hers, different halakhot apply to the various offerings: The animal she set aside as a sin-offering must be left to die by being shut in an enclosed area and deprived of food and water, as will be explained in the Talmud. And the animal separated for a burnt-offering is sacrificed on the altar as a burnt-offering, as in any case one may bring a voluntary burnt-offering. As for the one designated for a peace-offering, it is sacrificed as a voluntary peace-offering. And this peace-offering is eaten for only one day, in accordance with the halakha of the nazirite’s peace-offering, despite the fact that regular peace-offerings may be eaten for two days. But the offering does not require bread, i.e., loaves and wafers, unlike that of a nazirite.