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alone does not resolve conflict.
The sedrah suggests an ad-
ditional dimension. In the dis-
cussion between God and
Moses, God is angry with Israel
with her sinfulness and wants
to destroy the people. Moses
cannot argue convincingly on
their behalf, because he, him-
self, has become their accuser.
But then he becomes their
counselor and advocate and he
beseeches God with the follow-
ing argument "Remember
Abraham, Isaac and Israel, Thy
servants. You said to them, I
will multiply your seed as the
stars of the heaven and they
shall inherit this land forever."
Moses does not deny the be-
trayal. The truth must be ac-
cepted. But he turns to God and
describes a love which He had
shown the patriarchs, the
founders of this people. Re-
member them, and remember
how they love you.
We may call this the strate-
gy of remembered love. One
cannot pacify a person in the
hour of his anger. But when the
wrath and the frustration ebb,
bitterness may be softened by
reflection and finally overcome
by remembered love. Moses
must have drawn upon other
memories: the call which ap-
pointed him to be God's mes-
senger, the years of travail, the
anxiety of the Red Sea and the
joy of deliverance. This love,
strong, deep and penetrating,
arises within his heart and en-
ables him to climb the moun-
tain once more.
In human relationships, we
need to draw upon remembered
love. Every powerful human
linkage has, in its beginning,
a relationship of love and un-
derstanding. There is no chance
for rebuilding a broken home
when there was no love to be-
gin with. One cannot restore a
broken friendship when there
never was any affection. But
these qualities did exist. In mar-
riage, there were moments of
tenderness, common hopes, mu-
tual longing and deep com-
radeship. The way to find the
path to reconciliation is to re-
member, to restore to con-
sciousness the tenderness,
respect and affection which we
knew.
We are prone to recall the
good we did for others and re-
mind them of our sacrifices for
them. That is not always help-
ful. We also need to remember
the love and companionship we
received. We have to remind
ourselves of the joy and happi-
ness of such occasions. The cas-
es are rare when husband and
wife, children and parents,
brothers, sisters and friends
cannot draw upon such re-
membered love to sustain and
strengthen the bonds that
joined their lives.
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