Commandment Profile:

-206) For a Nazirite not to eat grape peels
Application to gentiles: Irrelevant Mandated punishment for violation: None Brief description: For a Jew who takes on the Nazirite vow not to eat any grape peels during the period of his Nazirism. The special, holy status of a Nazirite does not exist for gentiles, and thus a non-Jew who vows to be a Nazirite is not automatically bound by all of the Nazirite restrictions. However, a gentile who vows not to eat grape peels for a certain period, similar to this aspect of Nazirism, would be required to keep his vow even though he would not be an actual Nazirite (see commandments +94 and -157). Category: Inapplicable Commandments Biblical source(s) (Rambam): Num. 6:4 Biblical source (Sefer HaChinuch): Num. 6:4 Number in Sefer HaChinuch: 372 Sources explaining relevance to gentiles: (See bibliography) Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Nezirus 2:16 Nazirite status does not apply to gentiles. Rashi, Talmud Bavli, Menachos 73b (“Prat linzirus…”) Gentiles cannot acquire Nazirite status because that would include the obligation to bring a chatas sacrifice, which gentiles cannot offer. Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Arachin 1:11 A gentile must fulfill his vow, even though it cannot be accepted for Temple maintenance. Lubavitcher Rebbe, Hisvaaduyos 5747, v. 3, pp. 428-435 Gentiles must fulfill their vows, according to hechreiach hadaas, though possibly not in the category of halachah as part of the Seven Noahide Laws themselves.