Parshas Lech Lecha

"Oh, come on. I insulted him a little bit, but we're good friends. I
don't have to apologize."

"And there was friction between Avram's herdsmen and Lot's
herdsmen...and Avram said to Lot 'Let's not have friction between me and you
and my herdsmen and your herdsmen'." (Biraishis 13:7-8) The Netziv explains
that Avram told Lot that he was afraid that the herdsmen's fight might spill
over to them, as it says in Mishlei 17:14 "The beginning of strife is like
letting out water". ie.If you have a small hole in a water barrel, as more
water goes through it, the hole gets bigger.

Quarreling is like a poisonous growth: Nip it in the bud !!

Have a great Shabbos !!

Rabbi Chaim Flom