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3. Rabbi Yosi said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Yisrael, "Remember now." Woe to us that we cry, we sob and weep, "Remember, Hashem, what is come upon us" (Eichah 5:1). "Remember, Hashem, against the children of Edom" (Tehilim 137:7). Yet He does not want to pay attention to us, because when He said to us, "O...remember," in words of entreaty, we did not attend to Him. We therefore shout, with words like: "Remember, Hashem, what is come upon us," "Remember, Hashem, against the children of Edom," "Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old" (Tehilim 74:2). "Remember me, Hashem, when You show favor to Your people" (Tehilim 106:4). Yet He does not wish to pay attention to us.
3. א"ר יוֹסֵי, אָמַר לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, זְכוֹר נָא. וַוי דַּאֲנָן צַוְוחִין בְּכָל יוֹמָא, וְגָעֵינָן וּבָכֵינָן, זְכוֹר יְיָ' מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ' לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם, וְלָא בָּעֵי לְאַשְׁגְּחָא עֲלָנָא, הוּא אָמַר לָן בְּבָעוּ זְכוֹר נָא, אֵין נָא אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן בָּעוּתָא, וַאֲנָן לָא אַשְׁגַּחְנָא בֵּיהּ, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא אֲנָן צַוְוחִין, זְכוֹר יְיָ' מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ, זְכוֹר יְיָ' לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם, זְכוֹר עֲדָתְךָ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם, זָכְרֵנִי יְיָ' בִּרְצוֹן עַמֶּךָ, וְלָא בָּעֵי לְאַשְׁגְּחָא עֲלָן.