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The Mishna (28b) teaches that a father (and only a father, not a mother) can make his son a nazir. The source for this law is a point of disagreement between Rabbi Yohanan, who simply says halakha hee be-nazir –
there is an oral tradition regarding the laws of nezirut that permits this, and Resh Lakish, who says kedei le-hankho be-mitzvot – that it is permitted so that the father can educate his son with regard to the commandments.
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