{"id":37163,"date":"2018-08-07T22:24:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=37163"},"modified":"2022-03-01T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:03:53","slug":"lot-the-noah-of-abrahams-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/lot-the-noah-of-abrahams-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lot: The Noah of Abraham&#8217;s Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[418,363,456],"acf":{"old_id":"37163","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34002,"related_cahpter":"19","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"An ambiguous tzaddik, he too is saved from divine destruction. And yet....","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading the first chapters about Abraham the Patriarch reminded me of a midrash that appears earlier, in Rashi&#8217;s commentary on Noah, whom the Torah describes as a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tzaddik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8216;in his generations&#8217; . Rashi quotes a critical rabbincal opinion regarding Noah&#8217;s righteousness: &#8216;According to his generation he was a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tzaddik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, however, had he lived in Abraham&#8217;s generation he wouldn&#8217;t have been considered anything&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes Rashi so sure that Noah, in Abraham&#8217;s generation wouldn&#8217;t have been valued?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer, I think lies in these chapters. There indeed lived a &#8216;Noah&#8217; in Abraham&#8217;s generation! His name was Lot. There are many similarities between Lot and Noah, even as, naturally, there are differences as well. Lot lived in a society that resembled Noah&#8217;s generation: Sodom may be considered a microcosm of the &#8216;generation of the flood&#8217; \u2013 a society where selfishness, violence and illicit and offensive sexual acts reign. In this society Lot is exceptional, maybe a &#8216;tzaddik&#8217;. Indeed, like Noah, when that evil society is destroyed God makes sure to save Lot from his neighbors&#8217; terrible fate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, regarding Lot&#8217;s redemption an interesting verse catches the eye: &#8216;And God remembered <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abraham<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and sent Lot from the destruction\u2026&#8217; (19:29) . It is almost impossible not to compare this to the parallel verse regarding Noah \u2013 &#8216;And God remembered <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 and the waters were assuaged\u2026&#8217; (8:1). \u00a0In Noah&#8217;s generation God remembers Noah himself and saves him. 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