Pleading For Your Very Life

Abraham pleaded with God for Sodom's salvation Lot prayed for his very life with the cancellaton of Tzohar's elimination * Lot's prayers were accepted, the righteous Avrahams were rejected At first glance astonishing, until more closely inspected Abraham's concern was that justice be done So, while God refused to save the city, Avraham felt he'd won Lot prayed for his very life, along with the rescue of Tzohar If G-d rejected his prayers, he could go nowhere His back to the wall, Lot cried out to God from sheer fright Who listened and saved Lot from his personal plight _____________________________________________________ *Tzohar was a small town near Sodom where Lot sought refuge. According to Rabbi Nachmanides, however, God had also scheduled it for elimination (along with Sodom and Gomorrah).