224) \u201cAnd the two angels came to Sodom.\u201d It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord went when He had left off speaking to Abraham.\u201d This is so because when the Shechina departed Abraham and he returned to his place, \u201cThe two angels came to Sodom in the evening,\u201d since one angel departed with the Shechina and those two remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
225) When Lot saw them, he ran after them. But was he hospitable to anyone who came to his town, giving them food and drink? Also, his townspeople did not kill him, but when they found out that Lot\u2019s daughter gave bread to a poor man, they covered her with honey and put her on the rooftop until the bees ate her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
227) But because it was night, he thought his townspeople would not see him. Yet, when they came in the house, everyone gathered and surrounded the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
228) Why did Lot run after the angels? He ran toward them since he saw Abraham’s form with them. It is written, \u201cAnd Lot saw them and ran to meet them\u201d because he saw the Shechina over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
229) \u201cAnd Lot saw them and ran to meet them \u2026 and he said, \u2018Behold now, my lords,\u2019\u201d with Aleph-Dalet-Nun-Yod [in the words \u201cmy lords\u201d\u2014ADNI], which is the name of the Shechina. But in our books it does not say, \u201cRan to meet them,\u201d but \u201cRose up to meet them.\u201d It seems that the view of The<\/em> Zohar<\/em> is that the meaning of \u201cRose up to meet them\u201d is that he ran to meet them. Otherwise, it should have said, \u201cAnd rose up from before them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written, \u201cTurn aside, I pray you.\u201d Should it not have said, \u201cCome aside, I pray you\u201d? Indeed, he wished to take them around the house so as not to let them into the house the usual way, so the townspeople would not see them. This is why he said, \u201cTurn aside, I pray you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 230) It is written, \u201cFor He looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heaven.\u201d People should consider the deeds of the Creator and engage in Torah day and night. Anyone who engages in Torah, the Creator is praised by him above and praised by him below, for the Torah is a tree of life for all who engage in it, to give them life in this world and to give them life in the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 231) It is written, \u201cFor He looks to the ends of the earth\u201d to give them food and to provide for them with all that they need. The earth is Malchut. The ends of the earth is all that is extended from her, since He always watches over her, as it is written, \u201cThe eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 232) It is written about this earth, Malchut, \u201cShe brings her food from afar,\u201d and then she gives prey and food for all the animals of the field, which are the angels of BYA, as it is written, \u201cShe rises while it is still night, and gives prey to her household and portions to her maidens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 233) This is why it is written, \u201cFor He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,\u201d to give all the people in the world food and nourishment according to each one\u2019s needs, as it is written, \u201cYou open Your hand, and satisfy every living thing with favor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 234) \u201cFor He looks to the ends of the earth\u201d means to regard people\u2019s deeds and to watch over all that people do in the world. \u201cAnd sees under the whole heaven\u201d means He sees and observes every single one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 235) When the Creator saw the deeds of Sodom and Gomorrah, He sent those angels to destroy Sodom. It is written, \u201cAnd Lot saw,\u201d meaning that he saw the Shechina. But who can see the Shechina? Indeed, he saw a light shining and rising over their heads, and then he said, \u201cBehold now, my lords,\u201d with Aleph-Dalet, which is the name of the Shechina. And for the Shechina, meaning that illumination that he saw shining over their heads, he said, \u201cTurn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 236) \u201cAnd spend the night, and wash your feet.\u201d Abraham did not do so. Instead, in the beginning he said, \u201cwash your feet,\u201d and then, \u201cAnd I will fetch a piece of bread.\u201d But Lot said, \u201cTurn aside, I pray you \u2026 and spend the night,\u201d and then, \u201cAnd wash your feet.\u201d This was so that people would not recognize them, for if they recognized them, they would say that now they have just come to him, since they have not washed their feet from the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 237) This is so because this is what the guests who entered there did, since they were sleeping in the street because there was no one to let them into his home. This is why they said, \u201cNo, we shall spend the night in the street.\u201d It is written, \u201cYet he urged them strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 238) When the Creator executes judgment in the world, one messenger does it. But now in the overturning of Sodom, we see two angels, as it is written, \u201cAnd the two angels came to Sodom.\u201d But was one angel not enough? The answer is that it was really one, and the reason why the text speaks of two angels is that one was to get Lot out and to save him, and the other was to overturn the city and to destroy the land. 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