Strange story out of Lakewood...
Reportedly, a class in a Lakewood cheider was learning about the laws of nazir, and the kids were so fascinated by it that two of them announced acceptance of nezirus upon themselves.
uh oh. if this takes effect it means no wine, no cemeteries and no haircuts. Even worse is that nowadays there is not really a way out of nezirus, as the required korban cannot be brought.
Being that these two boys are 12 years old, near bar mitzvah age, their action could not just simply be discounted as the meaningless act of a child. The teacher went to the leading posek in Lakewood who turned to his rebbe Rav Shmuel Kaminetzky for a decision.
Rav Kaminetzky paskened that the nezirus took effect by their acceptance and they need to be "mattir neder" - annul the vow. Rav Kaminetzky added that they should wait until after Shabbos to do so in order to give them time to contemplate what they had done and realize the seriousness of the matter.
sources: Kikar and The Lakewood Scoop
This reminds me of the famous psak of Rav Moshe Feinstein regarding a group of kids that in a school play of some sort a boy proposed marriage to a girl. Rav Moshe took that seriously as well and did not discount it as a simple kids meaningless joke.
What I don't understand, and would like more information about, is how Rav Kaminetzky paskened as he did - that they can be mattir neder. From what I remember, nowadays there is no way out of an acceptance of nezirus. Being "mattir nedder" seems like an easy way out, and saying a nazir nowadays is for life because of the lack of ability to bring the korban would then be false.
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