Musar for Yoma 153:9
ואי בעית אימא רחיצה דאיקרי ענוי מנא לן מהכא דכתיב (מלכים א ב, כו) ולאביתר הכהן אמר המלך ענתות לך על שדך כי איש מות אתה וביום הזה לא אמיתך כי נשאת [את] ארון ה' לפני דוד אבי וכי התענית בכל אשר התענה אבי וכתיב ביה בדוד (שמואל ב יז, כט) כי אמרו העם רעב ועיף וצמא במדבר רעב מלחם וצמא ממים עיף ממאי לאו מרחיצה ודילמא מנעילת הסנדל
He noticed that Dubiel held the document in his hand, and he wanted to take it from him, but the former swallowed it. Some say: [The document] was written out, but not signed. Others say: It was also signed, but as he swallowed it, the signature was blotted out. Hence there are some people in the kingdom of Persia who are obliged to pay poll-tax, while others are free from it.
Mesilat Yesharim
Our sages of blessed memory already expounded on the verse: "I have come because of your words" (Daniel 10:12) - "that Gavriel was not allowed to re-enter behind the heavenly curtain until he had pleaded in defense of Israel" (Yoma 77a). And on Gideon it was said "go in with your might" (Shoftim 6:14) - "because he pleaded in defense of Israel" (Yalkut Shimoni 247:62).
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