Naso 6:7 · unit 1 — for his father or his mother

Parashas Naso

The Complete Passuk

לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ לְאָחִיו֙ וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ לֹא־יִטַּמָּ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בְּמֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י נֵ֥זֶר אֱלֹהָ֖יו עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

Even if their father or mother, or their brother or sister should die, they must not become defiled for any of them, since hair set apart for their Godchair set apart for their God Lit. “the restriction of his God.” is upon their head:

Chabad.org — 6:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to TT (cross-ref to Emor) (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

לאביו ולאמו — עיין לפנינו בפ׳ אמור\ldots וצרף לכאן.

English: “For his father or his mother” — see the parallel in Parashas Emor\ldots and join it here.

On the daf / in context: The nazir’s stringency exceeds that of an ordinary kohen: even for the closest relatives he may not become impure. The parallel in Emor supplies the comparative framework.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal compare the nazir’s impurity restrictions with those of the kohen gadol and ordinary kohen.

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