Nazir
במדבר ו,ו : כָּל-יְמֵּי הַּזִירוֹ לַּ ה' עַּל -נֶפֶש מֵּת לֹא יָּבֹא :
Baal HaTurim: If the Nazir experiences Divine revelation, as a result of his abstinence, he will not be suspected of black magic (which uses human bones in a ritual which mimics prophecy).
Rav Yehuda Zev Segal elaborates that the one who controls his appetites can in fact reach the level of Divine revelation. The Gemara (Nedarim 9b) states that Shimon haTzadik (the Kohen Gadol) never ate from the sacrifices of a Nazir until he met a certain young man. This young man had the most beautiful locks of hair, and Shimon asked him, “What brought you to shave this beautiful hair?” (since the voluntary Nazir must shave all his hair when he completes his term) The young Nazir explained, “I saw my reflection in a pond of water and realized my own beauty. I thought of sinning, but I said to my yetzer hara, “You evil one why do you take pride in a world which is not yours, and in which you will end up as dust. I swear I shall shave your hair for the sake of heaven.’” This story teaches that one must speak to his yetzer hara and tell it that he doesn’t agree to go along with it. One must literally should at his yetzer hara.
