English of Core Text: Rava said to Rabbah bar Mari: from where is the folk-saying “After the owner of the property, pull the wood”? He replied: from the verse “And Lot, who went with Avram, also had sheep and cattle and tents.”
On the daf / in context: Lot’s wealth is treated as the classic illustration that association with a prosperous person draws parallel prosperity.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Proximity to Avram brought Lot tangible blessing; Chazal use the verse as the source of the maxim about following the property-owner.