Abraham Pleads for Mercy on Sodom

And then the holy one, blessed be he, reveals to Abraham what is going to happen to Sodom. He tells him that the people of Sodom are committing terrible and awful deeds. Robbing, stealing, and are stingy. >> Sodom? The place Lot chose to live in? >> Yes, and Abraham could have said, "I warned him. That's his choice." But he does something else. He goes to plead for mercy on their behalf for a city that our sages describe as a place of wickedness and cruelty. Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Maybe there are 50 righteous people in the city. And from 50, he goes down to 45, 40, 30, 20, 10. And when Abraham realizes that there aren't even 10 righteous people, he goes on his way. >> This teaches that it is possible to ask for mercy for others even when you do not agree with their