A judge who makes rulings faithfully to the truth becomes party to the act of creation, but a judge who takes a bribe and makes a slanted ruling - it is as though he exiled the People of Israel from their land, destroyed the Temple with his own hands, damaged the Name of Shadai, and caused that the klipah [husk, i.e. spiritual obstacle] named RIV [strife] rule Israel. This causes conflict and disputes between man and wife, and between man and his brethren and, Heaven forbid, that the divine Name be desecrated, for those of that generation will say: If judges distort judgement and take bribes, how then are we to act? And none will be able to rebuke them, for if one would say to him, 'remove a splinter from between your teeth', he could say, 'remove a beam from between your eyes'. Bribe is the gematria [alphanumeric value] of Shadai. This is what was meant by "Her rulers judge for gifts": an acronym for R.I.V., that is, instead of RABBI there is the klipah of RIV, and conflict and dispute between the people of Israel.