On Avshalom, son of King David, and nazir. He cut his hair once a year, which is derived from a verse. Or was that every week?? Plus, a new mishnah: the default nezirut is 39 days long — which leads the Gemara to probe how we know 30 days (and not 29, for that matter – which is a machloket between R. Matanah and Bar Peda.
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