Netziv (Bereishis 19:26) And his wife looked back – It is astounding that the punishment is blamed on looking back. However this is an expression of a major concept. At the time of Divine anger Demons (mazikim) are most harmful to important people. Similarly our Sages say that a talmid chochom should not go alone at night because Satan is jealous and harms him. Consequently at that time when G-d was expressing anger while Lot was traveling and Satan was dancing after him but not in front , when his wife looked back she was attacked by the demon (mazik).
"At the time of Divine anger Demons (mazikim) are most harmful to important people. "
ReplyDeleteThe question i have always had is whether this is simply a truism - at a time of danger, the mekatreg is active - are they not the same thing?
Or is it that when it rains, it pours, i.e. 100 things go wrong when you might expect only 1 thing to happen?