English: There was a man who used to say “Judge my case.” They said: Learn from this that he comes from Dan, as it is written of him “Dan shall judge his people.”
On the daf / in context: A person’s constant insistence on formal judgment is taken as a sign of descent from the tribe whose blessing speaks of judging.
Type of Learning
Identification by speech grounded in the tribal blessing.
What Is Learned
Habitual recourse to formal judgment is characteristic of the descendants of Dan.