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לֵיוָאֵי מַה כְּתִיב בְּהוּ, (במדבר ח׳:ז׳) וְכֹה תַעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לְטַהֲרָם הַזֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם מֵי חַטָּאת וְהֶעֱבִירוּ תַעַר עַל כָּל בְּשָׂרָם. כֵּיוָן דְּעַבְרֵי שַׂעֲרָא, וְעַבְדֵי כּוּלֵי הַאי, כְּדֵין אִקְרֵי לֵיוָאֵי טָהוֹר, וְלָא קָדוֹשׁ. אֲבָל הַאי נָזִיר בְּגִין דְּאִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵהַאי סִטְרָא, אִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ וְלָא טָהוֹר. בְּגִין כַּךְ כְּתִיב, כָּל יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ וְגוֹ' אֲשֶׁר יַזִּיר לַיְיָ קָדוֹשׁ יִהְיֶה וְגוֹ'. Now in regard to the Levites it says: “And thus shalt thou do unto them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh” (Num. 8, 7). After the hair has been removed and all the details performed, the Levite is designated “pure”, but not “holy”. But the Nazirite, having abstained from the side of rigour, is designated “holy” and not simply “pure”. So Scripture says: All the days of his vow of Naziriteship…in which he consecrateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.