daf bit: Nedarim 83

[cellio]

One who vows to become a nazarite must, at the completion of the period (typically at least a month), bring three korbanot (sacrifices): a sin offering, a burnt offering, and a peace offering. What if a woman made this vow and then her husband anulled it? The gemara rules that she must still bring the korbanot for the brief period when she was under the vow; the anulment is not "as if it never was". (83a)

(Oh, and by the way, apparently women can be nazarites. I didn't know that. I still don't understand why anyone (male or female) would do so.)

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

I think there's a double-whammy here: nazirites were seen by at least a number of rabbis as a negative thing to do, plus vows in general are frowned upon. There's no way to bring the korban at the end of the nzirut period (which I believe includes a sin offering, which is quite interesting). I have the impression that this is something that fell out rather early, and the chumra-seekers seem rather later.
(Heck, the mishna talks about whether one should worry about the bread dough in the cracks of a wooden bread trough when making matza. I can't imagine the horror of Jewish homemakers everywhere on that one today!)

I agree that Judaism doesn't tend towards self-denial especially.