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Why was Lot afraid to escape to the mountain?

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Rashi: He was afraid that his rescue from Sedom was due to the fact that, compared to the people of Sedom, Ha'Kadosh-Baruch-Hu considered him a Tzadik, 1 but that, once he arrived in the vicinity of Avraham, he would be considered a Rasha, and he would suffer 2 the same fate as the Sodomites. 3


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So Lot disillusioned himself (refer to 19:17:1:1).

2

Mishnas R. Aharon (Vol. 1, p. 149): Before, Lot went with Avraham and was not harmed! Now that he sees that he is saved in Avraham's merit, surely he will learn from him and be a total Tzadik! Rather, there is great ruin in separating from Torah. Once Lot separated from Avraham, "the crooked cannot be fixed." He cannot be Avraham's Talmid like before.

3

Much in the same way as the Tzorfatis explained to Eliyahu (See Melachim I 17:18).

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