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
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*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).
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