Avraham Avinu returned to Canaan from Mitzrayim with Sarai and Lot. Both Avraham Avinu and Lot had been gifted much wealth and livestock, and both had shepherds for their flocks. Soon the two groups of shepherds began arguing, so much so that Avraham Avinu approached Lot and suggested they separate. Lot could choose whether to go right or left, and Avraham Avinu would go in the other direction. So Lot looked and saw the fertile plain of the Jordan, so well watered that it resembled the Garden and Egypt, going toward Zoar. This was the area he chose for himself as he parted from his uncle Avraham Avinu. Lot pitched his tents as far as the city of Sodom, a city infamous for its wickedness and sinfulness. Was Avraham Avinu’s separating himself from Lot praiseworthy or blameworthy?
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