Was Shimshon a Nazir?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: September 1, 2024

Was Shimshon a Nazir? Shimshon was only a partial Nazir. While he was prohibited from drinking wine, or cutting the hair of his head, it was permitted for him to defile himself to a corpse. Source: See Shoftim chapter 13 Rambam Hilchos Nezirus 3:13; Misneh Nazir 4a and Gemara 4b

Was Shimshon a Nazir?

Shimshon was only a partial Nazir. While he was prohibited from drinking wine, or cutting the hair of his head, it was permitted for him to defile himself to a corpse.

Source: See Shoftim chapter 13 Rambam Hilchos Nezirus 3:13; Misneh Nazir 4a and Gemara 4b; Yerushalmi Nazir 1:2; ; Shut Maharit 1:4; 2:24

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