Parshat Naso features the laws of a nazir , and its haftara deals with the birth of Samson the nazir . In a prophetic vision, an angel tells Manoach's wife that she will bear a child who will free the Jewish people from their current oppression at the hands of the Philistines. The angel instructs her that this child shall be a lifelong nazir, and that she herself must observe the laws of nazir until the baby is born. The woman relates this to her husband, who prays for the angel to return and instruct them about the child, and G-d answers his prayer. Following his reappearance, the angel departs in flame.
Education begins before a child is born.
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