Nazir 27a — the Talmud in English

He said to him

Rav Pappa to Rav Shimi bar Ashi:

And according to your reasoning

that “sealed birds” that are designated for an offering are included within “unallocated funds,” if so, the same law applies to sealed animals designated for the offerings of naziriteship [which were not specified as to which offering each animal is intended for]: they have the status of “sealed animals.” \-

And if so, this is difficult:

that which we learned

in the Mishna below, on page 45a:

Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says: He brought

the nazirite

three animals

for his offerings of naziriteship,

but did not specify

which was for the sin-offering, which for the burnt-offering, and which for the peace-offering—

it is as though he specified, and

the one fit for a sin-offering shall be offered as a sin-offering,

the one fit

for a burnt-offering shall be offered as a burnt-offering,

the one fit

for a peace-offering shall be offered as a peace-offering;

thus, the animal is like one that was “specified.”

And this is difficult for you:

But why!?

For

you said [

and yet you say]:

an animal

that is, animals designated for an offering—which are like birds—

is not considered like one that was specified!?

Rav Shimi bar Ashi said to him

to Rav Pappa: Can you infer from the animals of nazirite offerings, which are treated as explicitly designated, that birds too are treated as explicitly designated? But:

He said to him

Rav Shimi bar Ashi to Rav Pappa: Do you have grounds to derive from the animals of naziriteship, which are like specified ones, that birds too are like specified ones!? But:

there

with regard to the birds of those liable for nests, since “he shall take” two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and likewise “he shall make” one of them a sin-offering and the other a burnt-offering—

them

the koen shall make one a sin-offering and the other a burnt-offering”—

the Merciful One said,

we learn from this: nests become specified only

either through the owner’s taking or through the priest’s performance,

and since they were not specified by the owners, it is a “sealed nest,” even with regard to falling to voluntary offerings—but

here

(also

with animals that he designated for a sin-offering and a burnt-offering of naziriteship, they are specified by themselves, as Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel said; and because of this: