June 5, '26
Linked below is this week's LevinAt11 radio broadcast, of June 5, '26, Parshas Beha'aloscha.
מצורף: תכנית ראדיו רב יהודה לעוין, שליט"א, פרשת בהעלותך, תשפו
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tefillah request, for expeditious recovery of:• Rav Yehuda Ben Masha HaLevi (Levin);
• Shimon Ben Masha; and
• Lea Bas Freeda~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This week's LevinAt11 broadcast closed with a very brief update regarding the antireligious abortion/transgender-tyranny edict looming in NJ Assembly, S2260/ A2218. See our letter (edited) in this week's MonseyMevaser.com, page 12. Also see the very nicely-done alert ad in the Lakewood Vivaser. We thank the Coalition for Jewish Values as well, for including a post on the topic last Friday in their Rabbi's Roundup.Please share this with anyone living in NJ, today.--------Selected Topic Highlights:• Simcha Felder voted for increasingly dangerous ERA legislation;
• background on ERA;
• why it's so much more dangerous in today's transgender-tyranny environment;
• Da'as Torah on ERA:
From HoRav Shimon Schwab O.B.M. (who, FYI, was not actually a member of the Rabbinic board of Agudath Israel)
"... Even in a Malchus shel
chessed we can face grave
dangers to our existence, in
the spiritual sense. When we face the
prospects of a Gay Rights Bill, or the
Equal Rights Amendment, it is a
matter of pikuach nefesh - spiritual survival. Such issues call for
vigorous action to protect our very
existence. As time goes on, new
areas of contention can arise,
wherein the Jaw of the land can
interfere with leading a Torah existence. ..."
• More on Distortion of Torah, masquerading as Psak Halacha, especially in cases of reputed "heterim" for individual politicians to vote for rebellion against G-d;
• from our listeners, in NYS:
• More on the true, hidden agenda behind the Chareidi draft crisis; their ultimate goal is clearly not drafting all of the Chareidim, but something else...
• Partisanism, as we mentioned last week, begets blindness to critique of associates, and also impedes success in combating anti-Torah edicts. On this point, this week we read a selection of my paternal great- grandfather Rav Nosson Nota Leiter זצ"ל, HY"D, from his highly-acclaimed Kuntrus Divrei Chaim Ve'Emes, pg. 85.57 min.:• Update on S2260/A2218*: a virulent, antireligious abortion/transgender-tyranny edict looming in NJ Assembly, with Appropriations Committee** action scheduled for Monday June 8, prior to a full ("floor") vote. The legislators must understand that we consider this wicked bill to be similar to the evil decrees of the Greeks - against which the Maccabees and their Torah-adherent followers fought to the death. They know who the Maccabees were.
* addressed on last week's broadcast (Parshas Naso)https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2026/05/ abortiontransgender-tyranny- in-nj.html, and 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.
** Passaic residents are urged to urge Assemblyman Schaer to expose this bill in the Appropriations Committee this Monday.
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We post this here for NJ residents to circulate:
BS"D
June 5, '26/ Parshas Beha'aloscha, 5786
Antireligious Abortion/Transgender-
Every NJ resident, especially in the environs of Lakewood and Bergen County, is urged to immediately call /email their own Assemblymen (both), and State Senator, to do two things:
(1) Actively vote against any version of the gender-/ body-morphing-enforcement bill S2260/ A2218.
(2) And expose the fact that it would criminalize Torah-mandated efforts to save youth - and others - from committing - or from collaboration with - transgender transgressions
Fact: The bill prohibits not only physical force, but also "coercion," as liberally interpreted -- in favor of the abortion-at-whim/ transgender-tyranny advocates. And that's before we get to the fact that these cases are likely to go in front of pro-transgender, pro-abortion, antireligious judges. A bad judge can ruin the best case, even against the best attorney.
Translation: A Rebbe, Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva, Principal, Teacher/Morah, Mashgiach, doctor, nurse, EMT, Hatzolah volunteer, paralegal, counselor, Social Worker, mental health professional, therapist, sports coach, neighbor, chevrusa, mentor, community advocate - perhaps even a parent or grandparent - could potentially face massive fines - and hefty jail time - for merely trying to fulfill the mitzvah of saving others - "Lo Sa'amod Al Dam Rai'echah" - provided that a wicked judge would deem that "coercion," or intimidation - even if all that was done was merely verbally attempting to convince a girl or boy out of getting drugs or surgery to "become" (sic) that which they are not -- or even just saving her/him from remaining under the influence/ grooming of a transgender mentor-advocate.
A potent talking point - that legislative reps need to publicize - is that "this bill is an antireligious edict, not much different than that which the Maccabees fought to the death to defeat."
The focus needs to be on getting Assemblyman Avi Schnall to actively vote NO, (all the more so, since, if he refuses, then Assemblyman Schaer from Passaic may use that as a basis to do even worse).
From Anti-Biological To Anti-Torah:
In the Definitions of S2260, [the to-be-protected] "Reproductive Health Care Services" is defined to include abortion and "medication, to support a person’s alignment with their gender identity or expression." Thus, all references to criminalizing efforts against people involved in "Reproductive Health Care Services" include that self-mutilating sin. Of course, though they don't want the average citizen to realize precisely what it is that they're criminalizing. That's why its' proponents mask its true nature by restricting mention of the mutilation procedures to the definitions.
Action Needed Today:
Please call today, and about once a week thereafter, for as long as the session lasts:
Contact Info for Lakewood:
Call & email Assemblyman Avi Schnall today at: 848-245-9486 / Asmschnall@njleg.org.
Assemblyman Sean Kean:
732-974-0400/ asmkean@njleg.
[If the Assembly makes changes, it will return to the Senate. If so, call state Senator Bob Singer: 732-987-
5669/ sensinger@njleg.org.]
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Passaic residents, and others, are asked to urge Assemblyman Gary Schaer to vote NO - and to use his influence to lead on this issue:
973-249-3665 / asmschaer@
As well as Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese:
201-943-0615.
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To identify or call your legislative reps:
NJ Legislative Info For Senate & Assembly:
v: 609-847-3905 or (800) 792-8630
e: LegInfo@NJLeg.org
For more information, you may email torahjewsfordecency@
Please share this information immediately with any NJ residents receptive to it.
Even if the bill would pass regardless of what we do, our silence - and worse - provides it a degree of moral cover sought by advocates.
We need immediate and ongoing protest against this from the entire spectrum of Orthodox Jewry. If legislators representing the Torah community vote for this, it implies that it's not that objectionable to the Torah community. This mirage is precisely what advocates need to push it as "acceptable" legislation.
Rav Ahron Kotler ZT"L states that the gravest existential threat facing Klal Yisroel is not Jew-hatred, assimilation, or loss of Torah knowledge - but rather distortion of the Torah." (Mishnas Reb Ahron 1:2:3:6.)
We cannot afford to convey any ambiguity.
[Some legislators may be responsive to the fact that, in wake of Memorial Day - and approaching the 250th anniversary of what used to be a blessed nation that celebrated moral values - those who vote for this bill spit on the graves of those who fought and died for America. Those heroes certainly didn't make the ultimate sacrifice to enable domestic abuse of children and infanticide in the name of the Law.]
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An important item we didn't get to cover:
Parading Pederastic Perversion Pride Posts - Again: Rep. Mike Lawler (NY17/ Log-Cabin) is posting in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, when the LGBTQ mob outreaches to the public to gain acceptance of their disgusting, predatory, anti-child, anti-woman movement.
and from his official campaign account:
