Sunday, June 21, 2026
G-d controls everything?
The deal of the millennia: Like acne, peace is breaking out across the Middle East
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-899965
The lion is not eating the lamb, but sitting down at the table together with the lamb, piled with burgers and fries alongside Persian kotlet and Ghormeh Sabzi.
In the grand sweep of biblical history, few moments rival the miraculous turnaround we are witnessing today. The ink is barely dry on what historians will surely call the Deal of the Millennia, the comprehensive accord between the United States and Iran, and already the lions are lying down with the lambs. Or more accurately, the ayatollahs are trading their turbans for MAGA hats and their missile programs for golf courses. US President Donald Trump reminds us that the Deal of the Millennia draws its inspiration from his wife Melania, who has always been the peacemaker in the family.
Hezbollah in Lebanon held a press conference in a Beirut café next to a newly opened Trump Tower franchise, where Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah appeared in a sharp navy-blue suit and bright red power tie, with a matching MAGA hat in place of his earth-toned turban. In a voice cracking with emotion, he declared: “For too long we worshiped a false god of vengeance and martyrdom. We were blind, but now we see.
Trump claims he can control IDF actions in Lebanon because Israelis respect him
US President Donald Trump said this week that he would be able to keep Israel from launching new attacks in Lebanon because the country has a lot of respect for him, thanks to his previous policies regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Trump was asked during an interview with Axios — which was taped on Thursday and aired Friday — whether he’d be able to “control Israel from attacking Lebanon,” as Washington and Jerusalem have publicly disagreed about the decision to tie Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah to the controversial memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
“They have a lot of respect for me, and they do as I say,” he added, recalling how he pulled the US out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal orchestrated by the Obama administration and which Jerusalem opposed, and how he authorized a major attack on Iran’s three main nuclear sites during Israel’s 12-day war with Tehran last June.
Trump insists US-Iran MoU qualifies as Tehran's 'unconditional surrender'
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-899972
In an interview with Axios on Thursday, US President Trump said that there were no limits to his power and claimed that he had achieved regime change in Iran by killing the previous leadership.
US President Trump said there were no limits to his power and that he believed the Memorandum of Understanding between Washington and Tehran constituted Iran’s unconditional surrender in an interview with Axios on Thursday.
“It really probably is unconditional surrender. I think so,” Trump said when asked about the MoU.
Trump emphasized the damage the US had done to Iran’s military forces and senior officials, including Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claiming that he had achieved regime change through killing the previous government officials.
Friday, June 19, 2026
Ex-Trump official: US-Iran framework is ‘enormously helpful’ to Iran
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/19/business/iran-deal-trump-economy
The diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran is a potential gamechanger for Iran’s war-battered economy, former Trump energy secretary Dan Brouillette told CNN in an exclusive interview.
Brouillette expressed concern that the US-Iran agreement is “a little too generous” to Iran, including by giving Iran “certain things up front,” such as the right to immediately sell oil. He noted estimates that the sale of oil and fuel could generate $60 billion a year for Iran.
Trump said on Wednesday that if the war continued, there would have been a 1929-style “economic catastrophe.”
Garnel where are You?
The world has become overwhelmed with a Pandemic 0f Trump Derangement Syndrome. Obviously you would claim caused by Obama and Biden. Even Fox News, NYPost,Yated and MAGA have caught it. The average Israeli views him with contempt. Trump is being portrayed not as the defender of Israel but as the strongest champion of Iran. Garnel you have attacked me for months for being critical of Trump. Where are you now when the whole world has turned against him this self proclaimed Defender of the World?
Garnel IronheartJune 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It doeesn't matter what the deal is. The media and the Democrats prepared the headlines when the war started.
Dov Hikind attacks Trump: 'I am highly frustrated and disappointed'
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428879
Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind criticizes Iran agreement and Vice President JD Vance, while urging supporters of Israel to remain measured in their response to Trump.
Halacha and Reality
Michtav M'Eliyahu (4:355): When Rav Dessler was asked concerning certain halachos that the reason that had been given for them is not in accord with modern science... for example (3) This that it is permitted to kill lice because they don't reproduce sexually (Shabbos 107b. Rav Dessler stated that concerning this matter and those like them the Halacha never changes even though the reason doesn't make sense to us. We are to hold on to the Halacha with two hands whether to be strict or lenient [not like the Pachad Yitzchok]. The reason for this is that the Halacha was known to Chazal by tradition through the generations and they also knew things through experience.... The important point is that the reasoning they gave did not create the Halacha but rather the reverse was true, the Halacha created the reasoning. The reasoning given in the gemora is not the only possible explanation. If they happened to give explanations on occasion which were only true according to the science of their day, we have an obligation to search out alternative explanations that will justify the Halacha according to modern science.... Even if one cannot find a convincing explanation, we must still believe with perfect faith that the Halacha is still true and we hope that G d will enlighten us with an appropriate explanation.
Rambam (Letter on Astrology): I know of course that it is possible to search and find isolated opinions of some sages in the Talmud and Medrashim whose views contradict what I have said. ... These statements should not trouble you because one doesn’t simply discard a clearly established halacha and revert back to the initial analysis. Similarly it is not appropriate to discard a well validated principle and simply rely on a minority opinion of the sages instead. That is because the sage is not infallible and might have erred by overlooking some important facts or hints when he stated his views.
Chazal - Everything They Say Is True
Igros Moshe (Y.D. 2:70): It is not possible that the generations following the completion of the gemora would know about that which is not visible to the naked eye. Only the Sages of the Talmud (Chazal), with their kabbala and their sevara, could possibly know about it. We are obligated to believe that everything that they say is true. In contrast, after the completion of the Talmud even the Gaonim...
Chazal and Accuracy of Details
Niflaos Tiferes Shlomo (73): … An obvious question is why we find that throughout the Talmud and Medrashim stories and wonders are told by the Tannaim and Amoraim with widely varying details. One will say this is the way it happened and while another will tell a different version. If so, G d forbid that one of them should be telling a lie! ... The fact is that we are not really concerned with the details but rather the basic message. Thus our Sages were not so concerned with the particular details as long as long as the message was conveyed. So what difference does it make when a good person is being praised and glorified or the opposite if a wicked person is being degraded – the message is the important thing not the details…? All that should matter is that the desired purpose is achieved in a particular story to arouse a proper impression in the listener so that he understands the words of Torah and his faith is strengthened in Divine Providence and the strength and power of tzadikim. What difference does it matter if the details vary? Therefore there is no significance in the differing versions because they all describe the essential truth.
LevinAt11 Korach-Elections, NJ trans-abortion bill
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ע"ש פרשת קורח, תשפוJune 19, '26~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tefillah request, for expeditious recovery of:Rav Yehuda Ben Masha HaLevi;Shimon Ben Masha; andLea Bas Freedaזה נפוץ לזכות רפואתם בקרוב.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Linked below is this week's LevinAt11 Radio broadcast, of June 18, '26, regarding elections, and including a brief update on the antireligious abortion/transgender-tyranny edict looming in NJ legislature, in process of being modified.למטה יש לינק לתכנית ראדיו רב יהודה לעוין, שליט"א, פרשת קורח, תשפו--------Selected Topic Highlights:
• Selected Election issues in NY;
• Update on S2260/A2218*, a dangerous, antireligious abortion/transgender-tyranny edict looming in NJ legislature, similar (in its' provisions and aims) to the persecutory, anti-Torah decrees of the Greeks against which the Maccabees fought to the death.
Please especially ensure that both Assemblymen Avi Schnall and Gary Schaer actively vote NO against the final version of this inherently evil bill, whatever form it takes.
* this bill was also briefly addressed last week here, Parshas Shlach:
• and here, in a letter:The first part of the letter is on page 26. It continues on page 117.• and here, in wake of a statement from Agudath Israel, issued a day prior to the scheduled floor vote in the Assembly yesterday, Thursday:• and previously, on our pre-Shavous broadcast: https://daattorah.blogspot.com/ 2026/05/nj-amalekism-looming- levinat11.html,
• and updated here prior to passage in the NJ Senate: https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2026/05/ antireligious-edict-in-nj- senate.html. ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Recent Broadcasts Posted:
Parshas Beha'aloschah:Parshas Naso - see direct link below;Parshas Behar Bechukosai:
https://daattorah.blogspot.
com/2026/05/authentic-torah- priorities-levinat11.html Parshas Emor, '86:*
https://daattorah.blogspot.
com/2026/05/chillul-hashem- root-causes.html ~~~~~
The LevinAt11 program was founded by Rabbi Yehuda Levin Shlit"a, a protégé of Rav Avigdor Miller ZT"L, who sports vibrant hamlotzos (approbations) of Gedolei Rabbonim of the previous generation for his work against the immorality movements, especially the LGBT/abortion Axis, including from these internationally recognized luminaries:
מחבר הספר שערים מצויינים בהלכה ,The Debritziner Rov,The Kashover Admor Rav Refoel Blum,The Skulener Rebbe, (father of the previous Admor), all OBM.~~~~~~
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,Executive Director,
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News that matters - that you may not have seen:
BS"DJune 12, '26להיות עם חפשי בארצינו...About 25 Hesder Roshei Yeshiva directed their boys not to enlist in IDF Tanks, due to the IDF's ultra-feminist pilot plot, advancing integration of women...And do we really think that the Army actually wants to draft all the Chareidim - or anywhere near that? So what is it that the Erev Rav running affairs over there really do want? Hear our recent radio broadcasts for more.Rabbi Noson Leiter,HROC~~~~~~~~Also see, for example, Kav HaChareidi, Thu., June 11, '26:משבר מחריף בין צה"ל לישיבות ההסדר: 25 ישיבות מפסיקות לשלוח תלמידים לשריון~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~PS: Here's a direct link to our May 28th broadcast:----------Broadcast weekly on Davidzon Radio: davidzonradio.com 718) 303-8000Last week's audio (Shlach) :
Who Won the Iran War? 10 Military Experts Explain
https://www.newsweek.com/who-won-iran-war-10-military-experts-explain-12084896
The U.S. laid out several goals when it joined Israel with strikes against Iran on February 28. It succeeded in beating down Iran's conventional military power. But it did not fully achieve the White House's other stated objectives: eliminating the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons, regime change, dismantling Tehran's support for proxy groups and wiping out its ballistic missile capacity.
"There was no meaningful victory for ordinary Iranians, for regional stability, or for U.S. strategy."
"It's one of those cases in history where everyone fails."
"Significant achievements for both sides—though the U.S. achievements that mattered most arguably occurred last year in one day."
"Iran came out on top because, while the United States accomplished key military objectives, the political impact of the deal and the economic relief the deal could provide may allow Iran to undo U.S. military success."
"It is difficult to make the case that this war achieved any significant positive result for the United States."
"Neither side will gain a complete victory. That said, I think the United States is in a better position."
"There is a relative consensus worldwide, even in the United States, that Iran has won the war and President Trump lost this war."
71% of Israelis don’t trust Trump to look out for them in Iran deal; just 11% say Israel won war
A television poll published Thursday found that only a sliver of Israelis feel their country won the Iran war, or trust US President Donald Trump to look out for their interests as he negotiates a deal with the Islamic Republic.
In addition, most feel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct hurt Israel’s interests in the US-Iran agreement, according to Channel 12 news.
The numbers marked a stark departure from the robust support Israelis have given Trump for years in poll after poll. Now, however, there is deep concern across Israel over the terms of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed this week, while a series of recent harsh public criticisms of Israeli officials from both Trump and US Vice President JD Vance point to a rift in the US-Israel relationship.