Musar for Nedarim 55:6
שהן של בית המלך ואף על פי שאינן של בית המלך: היכי נדר אמר רב עמרם אמר רב באומר יאסרו פירות העולם עלי אם אינן של בית המלך
— R. Hinena said in the name of R. Kahana in the name of Samuel: The Mishnah refers to a publican who is not limited to a legal due.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Under the Roman Procurators there was a tremendous amount of illegal extortion, particularly of octroi tolls, v. Sanh. (Sonc. ed.) p. 148. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Our sages in Eruvin 53a have said that the reason the cave Abraham and Sarah were buried in is called מערת המכפלה, is from the word כפול, twin, or double, an appropriate name for a grave containing husbands and their wives, i.e. זוגות. What advantage is there in the fact that this cave houses the remains of husband and wife respectively? The meaning of our sages is that these pairs are all united with one another, that they are not separate pairs. Once the last of the four pairs, i.e. Jacob came to burial whose מטתו שלמה, whose "bed" was complete (since Leah had born him six sons and one daughter whose name was דינה),this symbolized the six days of creation and the Sabbath.
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Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Leah, who was anchored in the emanation בינה, the 7th counting from מלכות, bore 7 children, 6 sons and a daughter. The emanation בינה radiates creative activity in 6 directions as we have demonstrated earlier. The single daughter represents the emanation מלכות [we have explained that relationship also], her name was דינה, and our sages have stated that this represents the halachic principle of דינא דמלכות דינא, "that decrees issued by the government are legally binding on us." The letters in that word are a rearrangement of the letters in the name א-דני, one of G–d's names.
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