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		 [If a man says.] `I intend to be a Nazirite [and abstain] from dried figs and pressed figs`, Beth Shammai say that he becomes a Nazirite [in the ordinary sense] but Beth Hillel Say that he does not become a Nazirite. R. Judah said: even though Beth Shammai did affirm [that the formula is of some effect] they meant only where he said, `they are [forbidden] to me, as is a sacrifice.`  | 
		
 
		 
		
		 נזיר 2.1  | 
	
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		 If he says, `this Heifer is saying I shall become a Nazirite if I rise,` or `this door is saying I shall become a nazi rite if I open`, Beth Shammai say that he becomes a Nazirite, but Beth Hillel Say that he does not become a Nazirite. R. Judah said: even though Beth Shammai did affirm [that the formula was of some effect], it was only where he says: `this Heifer shall be [forbidden] to me as is a sacrifice, if it should stand up [of itself]`.  | 
		
		 
		
		 נזיר 2.2  | 
	
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