Halakhah for Nedarim 7:12

אלא מאי חידושיה דסד''א הואיל

What is the anomaly? Shall we say, the fact that a vow to bring the sin-offering of a <i>nazir</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By one who is not nazirite. ');">¹¹</span> is invalid: but a sin-offering for heleb<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Forbidden fat. ');">¹²</span> cannot be made obligatory by a vow,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A vow to bring a sin-offering which is normally due for eating heleb is not binding if the vower is not actually liable. ');">¹³</span> yet one transgresses, 'thou shalt not delay'? But the anomaly is this: I might have thought, since even if one says, 'I will be a <i>nazir</i> only with respect to the kernels of grapes,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. VI, 4. ');">¹⁴</span> he is a <i>nazir</i> in all respects. I would think that he does not violate, Thou shalt not delay'; therefore we are told [otherwise].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the coupling of the nazirite vow with other vows in the same sentence. ');">¹⁵</span> Now, this is well according to the opinion that a vow of naziriteship in respect of the kernels of grapes makes one a <i>nazir</i> in all respects; but on the view of R. Simeon, viz., that one is not a <i>nazir</i> unless he separates himself from all, what can be said? Moreover, this is an anomaly in the direction of greater stringency?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then would we think that the injunction does not apply, so that it is more lenient ');">¹⁶</span> — But the anomaly is this: I might have thought, since

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