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.)

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[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

I also remember hearing that it was meant as a way to do self denial within Judaism, even though Judaism generally sees the world as something to be enjoyed rather than something to withdraw from. Note that one of the offerings at the end is a sin offering, with the implication that something wasn't quite the way it was supposed to be (goes with the translation of "chet" as 'missing the mark' rather than 'evil deed').