Rabbi Howard Morrison

At the end of the Parsha, Moses descends from God's presence with radiance emanating from his face. In a famous misunderstanding of the Hebrew, Michelangelo sculpted an image of Moses with horns emanating from his face.

Over the years, anti-Semites have spread a myth that Jews have horns. Once I had to personally dispel this myth when I was in the U.S. Air Force chaplain School with a classmate.

The beginning of the Parsha describes the first ever census. Those twenty and up were counted to serve and stand up for our people.

On Thursday morning, national and international media relied on misinformation and falsely accused the IDF of causing the deaths of over 100 lives in Gaza. This was a false myth. It is true that in a separate incident, the IDF killed ten assailants in self defense. The rest resulted from internal rioting and looting near aid trucks.

Again, a false myth has been perpetrated against Israel. We must all stand up for the truth. I refer you to Honest Reporting, Times of Israel, and other reliable sources.

The Jewish community must stand up to the lies and misrepresentation of our people.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Howard Morrison