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1) A NAZIR THAT IS DOUBTFULLY TAMEI AND LEPROUS

(a) (Mishnah): A Nazir was doubtfully Tamei, and was in doubt if he was an (absolute) leper. He may eat Kodshim after 60 days, and drink wine and become Tamei after 120 days.

1. This is because the Mitzvah for a definite leper to shave overrides the prohibition for a Nazir to shave, but a doubtful leper that is a Nazir may not shave.

(b) (Beraisa): This applies to a 30 day Nezirus; but if he accepted a year of Nezirus, he may eat Kodshim after 2 years and drink wine and become Tamei after 4 years.
(c) (Beraisa): He shaves 4 times:

1. The 1st time, he brings birds (as a leper whose absolute leprosy went away), a bird as a sin-offering, and an animal as a burnt-offering;
2. The 2nd time, he brings a bird as a sin-offering, and an animal as a burnt-offering;
3. The 3rd time, he brings a bird as a sin-offering, and an animal as a burnt-offering;
4. The 4th time, he brings the sacrifices of a Tahor Nazir.

(d) Whether or not he was an absolute leper, whether or not he was Tamei, he does not transgress bringing invalid sacrifices.
(e) The 1st time: if he really was an (absolute) leper, the birds of leprosy were brought properly; the bird brought as a (doubtful) sin-offering is not eaten, rather buried; the burnt-offering is a voluntary sacrifice;

1. He cannot shave after only 7 days (as a regular cured leper), lest he was not an absolute leper, rather a Tahor Nazir, who cannot shave until finishing Nezirus.
2. If he was not a leper, but was Tamei - the bird sin-offering was obligatory, the birds of leprosy are not offered in the Mikdash so there is no prohibition of offering them needlessly, and the burnt-offering is a voluntary sacrifice.
3. If he was not a leper, but was Tahor - the birds of leprosy are no problem (as above); the bird brought as a (doubtful) sin-offering is not eaten, rather buried; the animal burnt-offering is part of the obligatory sacrifice of a Nazir.

(f) Question: But he must also bring a guilt offering!
(g) Answer: The Beraisa is as R. Shimon, who says that he may stipulate (if he does not need a guilt-offering, it should be a voluntary Shelamim).
(h) The 2nd and 3rd times, he need not bring the birds of a cured leper, for he already brought them!

1. Both times he brings a bird as a sin-offering - perhaps he needs it (on the 2nd shaving) as a leper that finished the 7 days of counting; perhaps he needs it (on the 2nd or 3rd shaving) as a Tamei Nazir.

(i) The 4th time, he brings the sacrifices of a Tahor Nazir and stipulates as follows:

1. If he (really) already completed Nezirus (i.e. he was not a leper or was not Tamei), he already brought his obligatory burnt-offering; the burnt-offering he brings now is voluntary;
2. If he was not a leper and was Tamei, all the burnt-offerings he brought were voluntary, and the current burnt-offering is obligatory.

i. In either case, he also brings the other sacrifices of a Tahor Nazir.

(a) If he was doubtfully Tamei and definitely an (absolute) leper, he may eat Kodshim after 8 days, and drink wine and become Tamei after 67 days;
(b) If he was doubtfully a leper and definitely Tamei, he may eat Kodshim after 37 days, and drink wine and become Tamei after 74 days;
(c) If he was definitely Tamei and a leper, he may eat Kodshim after 8 days, and drink wine and become Tamei after 44 days.

(a) Question: A leprous Tahor Nazir - when he shaves at the end of leprosy, can this also count for the shaving he must do upon completing Nezirus?
(b) Answer (R. Shimon bar Yochai): No - at the end of leprosy, he shaves in order to grow his hair again (so he can shave after 7 days of counting); when he shaves upon completing Nezirus, he need not grow his hair again.
(c) Question: This applies when he shaves upon being cured of leprosy; when he shaves after 7 days of counting (he need not grow his hair again), this should also count for the shaving upon completing Nezirus!
(d) Answer (R. Shimon bar Yochai): No - a cured leper shaves before he brings sacrifices; a Nazir shaves after bringing a sacrifice.
(e) Version #1 - Question: This shows that the shaving of a leper should not also count for the shaving of a Tahor Nazir; but it should count for the shaving of a Tamei Nazir (who brings sacrifices after shaving)!
(f) Answer (R. Shimon bar Yochai): No - a Tamei Nazir immerses before shaving; a cured leper shaves after immersing.
(g) Version #2 - Question: You have shown, the shaving of a leper after counting does not also count as the shaving of Nezirus; but the shaving upon being cured of leprosy should count for the shaving of a Tamei Nazir, since both must grow hair to shave again!
(h) Answer (R. Shimon bar Yochai): The shaving of a cured leper can never count as shaving of Nezirus.

1. It cannot count as shaving of a Tahor Nazir, because a cured leper shaves to grow his hair, and a Tahor Nazir need not grow hair again.
2. It cannot count as shaving of a Tamei Nazir, because a cured leper shaves before immersing, and a Tamei Nazir shaves after immersing.