Nazir 45B

שמא יתגרו בה פרחי כהונה. אמר לו: לדבריך סוטה תוכיח, דכתיב בה ״והעמידה לפני ה׳״, ולא חיישינן שמא יתגרו בה פרחי כהונה!

lest the young priests [pirḥei khehuna] present will become aroused by her when she uncovers her hair in their presence. One of the other rabbis said to R' Shimon Shezuri: According to your statement, the case of a sota will prove that this is not a concern, as it is written with regard to her: “And he should set her before YHWH” (Numbers 5:16), and yet we are not concerned that perhaps the young priests will become aroused by her when her hair is uncovered.

אמר להן: זו כוחלת ופוקסת, זו אינה כוחלת ופוקסת.

R' Shimon Shezuri said to them: There is a difference between a female nazirite and a sota. This one, the nazirite, paints her eyes blue [koḥelet] and applies blush [fokeset] to her face, and therefore there is a concern that young priests might be aroused by her appearance. By contrast, that one, the sota, does not apply kohl and does not apply blush. Since a sota is not beautified, but is made to appear wretched and looks disheveled, there is no concern that she might arouse the men.

מתני׳ היה נוטל שער ראש נזרו ומשלח תחת הדוד. ואם גילח במדינה ⁠— לא היה משלח תחת הדוד. במה דברים אמורים? בתגלחת הטהרה, אבל בתגלחת הטומאה ⁠— לא היה משלח תחת הדוד.

Mishnah: After the nazirite shaved off his hair, he would take the hair of his consecrated head and throw it under the pot in which the peace-offering was cooked, where it would burn. And if the nazirite shaved in the rest of the country, i.e., outside the Temple, he would not throw the hair under the pot. In what case is this statement said? It is said with regard to the shaving of purity. However, with regard to the shaving of impurity, i.e., shaving that accompanied his guilt-offering and sin-offering of birds after his term of naziriteship was interrupted by impurity, he would not throw his hair under the pot in which his offerings were cooked, as the Torah stated this requirement only for a pure nazirite.