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<DIV>RMB wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Side quibble: Lot went there because it was
small (19:20) "vehi<BR>mitz'ar". Rashi 19:22 says it was renamed [from Bela] to
Tzo'ar to<BR>refer to Tza'ar. But perhaps in addition it is because the city was
the<BR>mitz'ar. Not 20%.</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CM notes:</DIV>
<DIV>As I wrote “20%” I was thinking that someone would quibble about that – as
you did – but I just used it as a shorthand for one city out of five.”</DIV>
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<DIV>RMB wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Maybe even Lot alone was the necessary
percentage for tiny Tzo'ar that<BR>Avraham was seeking in his
bargaining.</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CM notes:</DIV>
<DIV>Actually I thought along similar lines that perhaps AA could have
asked for all 5 cities even with less than 10 notwithstanding the prior
precedent of the Mabul for the same logic you proposed in your comment. Maybe
less than 10 wasn’t enough to save the entire world, but perhaps it might be
enough to save just 5 cities.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kol tuv</DIV>
<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV>
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