Friday, August 2, 2019

FAKE NEWS

  Fake news, Fake news, is today’s most popular expression of modern day parlance. These words are more confusing and more complex than the fake news itself. Where is the truth in all this, when will we see what Emes is all about, fulfilling the dictum of תתן אמת ליעקב?
The political scene has become so full of שקר, that the world recoils itself into a life of not believing anyone and distrusting everyone. 
The more we delve into this modern dilemma, the more we become disheartened, leading us to the brink of anxiety and demolishing our well being. We need to attune ourselves to an existence of greater calm and begin to search, for ourselves, where the truth lies and not to constantly believe every word we hear and read, and surely not to repeat every word that others utter.
We must begin to filter and draw into our being only the truth derived from logic and the unbiased information free of distortions. 
As I reflect on this issue, the famous words, משה אמת ותורתו אמת come into mind.
Then I proceed to read our Torah portion of the week, Korach. 
Here is a man of ample means, totally involved with his jealousy of Moshe and Aharon, angrily wishing to destroy their leadership dragging along hundreds of malcontents by using Fake news. Korach, at all times uses arguments that seem logical at first but, in reality, are false and destructive to the entire process of Jewish unity.
This man Korach, is a person who is responsible for destroying the harmony among the Jewish People. To accomplish his goal of destroying the leadership of Moshe, he made libelous accusations against him, committing the most destructive Fake news. It is this crime of Korach, that our Chazal states,
”This this was a controversy not motivated for the sake of heaven, but rather to create disruption and schism amongst the Jewish People. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Our society is suffering from this self same destructive force by the way our country acts, constantly, with so many verbal abuses and false motives to achieve their own personal agendas, rather than pursuing a road of Emes, that would lead our country down the pristine road of benevolence and humanitarianism.
As our Mishna states, “The clue to our actions is to try achieving mutual respect and selfless motives that will guarantee that our society is סופה להתקיים, is to be an everlasting testimony for the endurance of our people that are created in the Image of G-D, leading to our true salvation.”
We need to start acting with greater respect and understating even with those we are not in agreement with, and begin to listen to each other , not only with our ears, but with our minds and especially with our hearts. Demagoguery has no place in our society and especially in our times. Enough of the words and actions that are distortions of our ethical and moral principles and are only pontificated for their own self aggrandizement. These are times we need to return to our Image of 
G-D that resides in all of us, and which beckons to be projected into our society, leading to our Geulah Shelemah.


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