כא רב ביבי הוה ליה ברתא טפלה אבר אבר שקל בה ד' מאה זוזי הוה ההוא כותי בשבבותיה דה"ל ברתא טפלה בחד זמנא ומתה אמר קטלא ביבי לברתי אמר רב נחמן רב ביבי דשתי שיכרא בעיין בנתיה טפלא אנן דלא שתינן שיכרא לא בעיין בנתין טפלא:
21 They said to him, Although it is irksome [for them] at the moment, they feel pleased afterwards?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. A.Z. 6b. The idea is to avoid any dealings with pagans');"><sup>20</sup></span> - Said R'Nahman B'Isaac, Do not cite the rules for the festival week, as they all derive from the principle 'that though [the task] is irksome for the moment, it gives satisfaction afterwards'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., baking, cooking etc., troublesome at the moment but enjoyed later.');"><sup>21</sup></span> Rabina remarked that [the recovery of debts is allowed because] to a pagan the payment of a debt is always irksome. Rab Judah [reporting Rab]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Han.');"><sup>22</sup></span> said: The daughters of Israel, who attain puberty before the [normal] age,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'years', the statutory age of twelve years and one day.');"><sup>23</sup></span> if they are poor, put on a cosmetic preparation made of lime; richer girls put on fine-flower,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A cosmetic paste.');"><sup>24</sup></span> and the wealthy<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'daughters of kings'. Cf. The Latin use of rex, reges for rich.');"><sup>25</sup></span> girls put on oil of myrrh, as it is said: 'Six mouths with the oil of myrrh'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Esth. II, 12.');"><sup>26</sup></span> What is this 'oil of myrrh'? - Said R'Huna B'Hiyya, [It is what is called] stacte.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Latin stacta, oil of myrrh.');"><sup>27</sup></span> R'Jeremiah B'Ammi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So D.S.; SBH and Meg. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> said, It is oil obtaine from olives that have reached but a third of their [normal] growth. It is taught: R'Judah says omphacinon<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Latin omphacium, oil or juice of unripe olives or grapes.');"><sup>29</sup></span> is an oil made of [unripe] olives that have reached but a third of their [normal] growth' - And why do they put it on? Because it is a depilatory and softens the flesh [skin].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Targum Sheni on Esth. II, 12.');"><sup>30</sup></span> R'Bebai had a dark-skinned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M.');"><sup>31</sup></span> daughter; he applied to her that unguent one limb at a time and this brought her a husband with four hundred zuzim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a gift before marriage. Cf. B.B. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> There was a pagan neighbour of his who had a daughter, and he applied it all over her at once [and] she died; [whereupon] he said, Bebai killed my daughter. Said R'Nahman: R'Bebai drinks beer, therefore his daughters needed unguents; [but as] we do not drink beer, our daughters need no unguents'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Beer produces obesity and growth of hair (Rashi) .');"><sup>33</sup></span>