וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א בִסְדֹ֛ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי לְכָל־הַמָּק֖וֹם בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃
האָט גאָט געזאָגט: אױב איך װעל געפֿינען אין סדום פֿופֿציק אומשולדיקע אין דער שטאָט, װעל איך פֿאַרגעבן דעם גאַנצן אָרט פֿון זײערטװעגן.
Duties of the Heart
So too they shine on this world as written: "G-d said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake" (Bereishis 18:26). And: "Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses, His chosen, stood before Him in the breach to turn away His wrath" (Tehilim 106:23), and in the next world, as written "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life" (Mishlei 11:30), and therefore Devorah said: "they that love Him shall be as the sun when it goes forth in its might" (Shoftim 5:31).