Related%20passage for Nazir 1:1

משנה כל כינוי נזירות כנזירות האומר אהא ה"ז נזיר או אהא נאוה נזיר נזיק נזיח פזיח ה"ז נזיר הריני כזה הריני מסלסל הרי אני מכלכל הרי עלי לשלח פרע הרי זה נזיר הרי עלי צפרים ר' מאיר אומר נזיר וחכמים אומרים אינו נזיר:

From when may one recite Shema in the evening? From the time the Kohanim go in to eat their Terumah (produce consecrated for priestly consumption). Until the end of the first watch, says Rabbi Eliezer. And the Sages say: Until [astronomical] midnight. Rabban Gamliel says: Until the break of dawn. It once happened that his [Rabban Gamliel’s] sons came from a house of feasting. They said to him: We have not recited Shema. He to them: If dawn has not broken, you are obligated to recite it. And it is not only in this case that they said it! Rather, in all cases where the Sages said "only until midnight," the obligation remains until the break of dawn. [e.g.] Burning the fats and limbs [of the sacrifices, on the Temple altar] — the obligation is until the break of dawn. [e.g.:] All [sacrifices] which may be eaten for one day — the obligation is until the break of dawn. If that is so, why did the Sages say, "until midnight?" To distance a person from transgression.

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