[Should a man say,] `I declare myself a Nazirite and I undertake to poll a Nazirite`, and should his companion, hearing this, say: `I too, and I undertake to poll a Nazirite`, then, if they are clever they will poll each other; otherwise they must poll other Nazirites.
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R. Judah [T4; PA4 or PA5 in Y] said: R. Ishmael [T3] put this question to R. Joshua [T2] as they were on a journey, `why,` asked He, `have they forbidden the cheese of heathens?` He replied, because they curdle it with the rennet of a nebelah.` He retorted: `but is not the rennet of a burnt-offering more strictly forbidden than the rennet of a nebelah? [and yet] it was said that a priest who is not fastidious may suck it out raw (though this opinion was not approved, and it was said that no benefit may be derived from it, although no trespass would apply thereto).` `the reason then,` [R. Joshua [T2] said,] `is because they curdle it with the rennet from calves sacrificed to idols.` said He, `if that be so, why do they not extend the prohibition to any benefit derived from it?` He, however, diverted to another matter, saying: `Ishmael [T3], how do you read for thy [masc.] love is better than wine or thy [fem.] love etc.` He replied: `thy [fem.] love is better...` He retorted: this is not so, as it is proved by its fellow [-verse]: thine ointments have a goodly fragrance [wherefore the maidens love thee].`
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