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ואינו חייב אלא עד שיאכל מן הענבים כזית וכו׳. תנא קמא לא מדמי להון לכל איסורי נזיר לשתיה, ורבי עקיבא, כיון דכתיב ״וענבים לחים ויבשים לא יאכל״, מה אכילה כזית — אף כל איסורין כזית.
§ The Mishnah taught: And he is liable to receive lashes only if he eats an olive-bulk of the grapes. The Mishnah continues by noting that with regard to drinking, the first tanna holds that a nazirite is liable for 1/4th-log, whereas R' Akiva maintains that the amount of an olive-bulk applies to liquids as well. The Talmud explains this dispute: The first tanna does not liken all the other prohibitions of a nazirite to the prohibition of drinking wine, and therefore the measurements for eating and drinking are the same as for prohibitions in other contexts: An olive-bulk of food and 1/4th-log of drink. And R' Akiva maintains that since it is written: “Nor eat fresh grapes or dried” (Numbers 6:3), this verse teaches that just as eating is measured by the amount of an olive-bulk, so too, all the prohibitions of a nazirite are measured by an olive-bulk.
[וחייב על היין בפני עצמו כו׳.] תנו רבנן: ״וענבים לחים ויבשים לא יאכל״, לחייב על זה בפני עצמו ועל זה בפני עצמו. מכאן אתה דן לכל איסורין שבתורה: מה כאן שהוא מין אחד, והן שני שמות, וחייב על זה בפני עצמו ועל זה בפני עצמו; אף כל שהוא מין אחד, והן שני שמות — חייב על זה בפני עצמו ועל זה בפני עצמו.
§ The Mishnah further taught: And he is liable for consuming wine by itself, and for grapes by themselves, and for grape seeds by themselves, and for grape skins by themselves. A baraita states: The verse: “Nor eat fresh grapes or dried” (Numbers 6:3), serves to render him liable for this by itself and for that by itself, i.e., that he need not consume all of the grape products listed in the verses. From here you derive the halakha with regard to all prohibitions of the Torah: Just as here there is one type of food, grapes, which are called by two names, fresh or dried, and he is liable for this by itself and for that by itself, so too, in all cases where there is one type and they are called by two names, one is liable for this by itself and for that by itself.