Commentary for Bekhorot 61:10
א"ר יצחק איש כפר עכו אמר ר' יוחנן
Our Rabbis taught: At first [the Sages] said: If a haber became a tax-collector he is expelled from the order.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Publicans or customs-collectors had the taxes farmed out to them by the crown and as a rule recouped themselves by imposing iniquitous burdens on the people; consequently they were considered robbers in Jewish law.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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