Friday, August 7, 2026

LevinAt11-ReversePartisanism

 בס"ד

ע"ש ראה, כד מנחם אב, תשפו

Below is linked this week's LevinAt11 08-06-2026 radio broadcast.

תכנית רב יהודה לעוין שליט"א, פרשת ראה, תשפו

Topics Covered Included:

1) The blight of Partisanism in the Orthodox community, discussed in recent programs, with emphasis tonight on its' flipside: blind rejection of all positions espoused by the opposition, even when rooted in the Torah; the phenomenon arises in both anti-Zionist and pro-Zionist camps, as well as among many of those ostensibly fighting against Jew-hatred.

2) How should a Torah-devoted Jew look at - and react - to escalating Jew-hatred? And how should we not be reacting? First, we need to focus on "Do no harm!"

(We just scratched the surface of both of these broad topics.)

3) In the context of accepting our tribulations as Divine Messages, see below, in Hebrew, excerpted from unpublished Review Notes on Mishnayos Negayim, on 11:9.  (We didn't have time to cover this in the program, other than by a very brief reference.)  A proper perspective on Divine Providence helps people avoid all types of irrational, emotional reactions, rooted in despair and desperation.

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היומי: excerpt discussed on the Parshas Eikev program:

חולין דף צ"ב ע"א: 

... {הושע ג-ב} ואכרה לי בחמשה עשר כסף" א''ר יוחנן משום ר' שמעון בן יהוצדק אין כירה אלא לשון מכירה שנאמר {בראשית נ-ה} בקברי אשר כריתי לי בחמשה עשר זה ט''ו בניסן שבו נגאלו ישראל ממצרים כסף אלו צדיקים וכן הוא אומר {משלי ז-כ} צרור הכסף לקח בידו חומר שעורים ולתך שעורים אלו מ''ה צדיקים שהעולם מתקיים בהם ואיני יודע אם שלשים כאן וט''ו בארץ ישראל ואם שלשים בארץ ישראל וט''ו כאן כשהוא אומר {זכריה יא-יג} ואקחה שלשים הכסף ואשליך אותו בית ה' אל היוצר הוי אומר שלשים בארץ ישראל וט''ו כאן אמר אביי ורובייהו משתכחי בבי כנישתא דתותי אפתא והיינו דכתיב {זכריה יא-יב} ואומר אליהם אם טוב בעיניכם הבו שכרי ואם לא חדלו וישקלו את שכרי שלשים כסף רבי יהודה אומר אלו שלשים צדיקי אומות העולם שאומות העולם מתקיימים עליהם

עולא אמר אלו שלשים מצות שקבלו עליהם בני נח ואין מקיימין אלא שלשה אחת
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שאין כותבין כתובה לזכרים ואחת שאין שוקלין בשר המת במקולין ואחת שמכבדין את התורה:"
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Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,

Executive Director,

Help Rescue Our Children

Email:  torahjewsfordecency@gmail.com

845.642.1679

Direct: 771.215.8892

Israeli Helpline: 03.721.3337

Heard weekly on New Jersey's WSNR Radio 620AM, co-hosting the renowned Levin At Eleven program, every Thursday evening, 11pm to midnight (ET).

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This is an excerpt of unedited review notes on Mishnayos Negayim, Chapter 11, mishna 9:

משנה ט:
"רבי שמעון אומר... אם היה רצוף מיטמא" 
- אבל בלי זה, טהור.

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בענין לשון רצוף, ע' שה"ש "תוכו רצוף אהבה" (ג:י); ויש במפרשים שם ב' פירושים, א' מסודר, כמו כאן, וא' רותח, מלשון ריצפת גחלת.

ולכאורה יש לשלב שני הפירושים יחד - מסודר ו"רותח" - שהרי תוקף אהבת הש"י לנו - לכאורה, שלא יםריד שום דבר בינינו - מופיע ע"י גילוי עוצם תוקף השגחתו עלינו, במה שכל דבר קטן שאירע לנו הוא מסודר בתכלית הסדר, כמבואר בפירוש הגר"א על הסידור, על מזמור קמ"ז, ע"ש, בפרט מה שמביא ממס' ברכות ל"ב: "בתי, י"ב מזלות בראתי... ואת אמרת עזבתני ושכחני!"*

* לשון הגמ' ברכות לב: - שמתחיל עם הפסוק שבראש הפטרת פרשת עקב:

{ישעיה מט-יד} "ותאמר ציון עזבני ה' וה' שכחני" היינו עזובה היינו שכוחה אמר ר''ל אמרה כנסת ישראל לפני הקב''ה רבש''ע אדם נושא אשה על אשתו ראשונה זוכר מעשה הראשונה אתה עזבתני ושכחתני 

אמר לה הקב''ה בתי י''ב מזלות בראתי ברקיע ועל כל מזל ומזל בראתי לו
שלשים חיל
ועל כל חיל וחיל בראתי לו שלשים
לגיון
ועל כל לגיון ולגיון בראתי לו שלשים רהטון ועל כל רהטון ורהטון בראתי לו שלשים קרטון ועל כל קרטון וקרטון בראתי לו שלשים גסטרא ועל כל גסטרא וגסטרא תליתי בו שלש מאות וששים וחמשה אלפי רבוא כוכבים כנגד ימות החמה וכולן לא בראתי אלא בשבילך ואת אמרת עזבתני ושכחתני ..."
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ובענין הגמ' ברכות לב:, ע' בבעל-הטורים על פרשת עקב (ט:כד) "ממרים הייתם עם ד' מיום דעתי אתכם," ושמתחיל ומסיים עם מ"ם - להורות שכל מ' שנה היו ממרים, עכת"ד. וצ"ב, איך שייך לומר כך על הדור דיעה - שכל 40 שנה היו ממרים?

ע"ש מש"כ לפשרו על דרך פשט, שלא הכירו עוצם הפלגת אהבת ד' להם, לרצונו ית' להיטיב להם. 

(ואולי לפי זה שייך לפרש "צרעת ממארת" (תזריע, יג: נא-נב; מצורע יד:מד), שהוא סימן של המראה כזו, שנשארה בנפש החוטא הזה, הכפוי טוב לבוראו.)

ולפי זה, הקשר שבין הפרשת עקב עם ההפטרה שלה, שמתחיל עם אותו פסוק הנדרש בשבת לב:, גם מתברר.

כאן, במשנתינו, נראה פשוט שהפירוש "רצוף" הוא "מסודר," ולא "רותח". 

אמנם, אולי גם יש בחינה שבה יש לפרשו "רתיחות" - פירוש תוקף הקרובה - במה שעיקר החיסרון הוא הפירוד של החוטי ערב.  ולכאורה זהו חידוש הת"ק, דאינינו מביטים על הפרדת החוטים, אלא - עם כל מה שיש מרחק שביניהם, וחסרון סדר - על כל פנים נחשבים בלתי נפרדים - שזה הפירוש האחר של רצוף - שכל מי ש"רצוף," שום דבר לא יפריד ביניהם.  ולכן, היות שכל חוט הוא במקומו הראוי - לאותו מצב - זה סגי להת"ק שיהיו בגדר "רצוף!"

 ועל זה חולק רבי שמעון, לומר דבעינן מסודר יחד לעין הרואה, ר"ל הפי' האחר של רצוף.

לפי זה, שניהם מודים דבעינן "רצוף," אלא שחולקין על הגדרה של חפצא זו של חוטים שבתוך מהלך יצירת הבגד.

ויש להאריך בה"נמשל," על דרך מוסר, בענין עוצם השגחת הש"י עלינו, ודי למבין.
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A timely letter:

BS"D
August 4, '26/ 21 Av 5786

A Truly Jewish Message for America at 250

Editor,

On occasion of the 250th anniversary of the  complete signing of the Declaration of Independence (considered to have occurred on August 2), here is a message we as Jews ought to be sharing broadly, as an expression of communal gratitude towards what remains of the Constitutional Republic founded by those brave men: 

Americans need to direct national attention to this prescient warning of the preeminent sage Rav Shamshon Rephoel Hirsch O.B.M.:

 "... Woe to the time when sexes do not keep themselves holy! Countries and states in vain seek for the cause of their decline and do not see that they cease to be states as soon as their homes are ruined."

(-- Rav Shamshon Refoel Hirsch (Germany, 1808-1888 CE), "Horeb" (translated by Isidor Grunfeld, 1962, Soncino Press, Eleventh impression 2016), Section 4, "Chukim," Chapter 65, p.307, paragraph 1)

Just a few days ago, Jews around the world learned the folio in the Babylonian Talmud, tractate Chullin (92) that enumerates the three mitzvos traditionally adhered to by the Nations of the World, including refusing to stoop to recognition of Marriage De-Definition ("not writing marriage contracts between men").

Over twenty years ago, Rav Shmuel Faivelson ZT"L (talmid muvhak of Rav Ahron Kotler ZT"L) observed that from that Gemara we learn that the entire right to existence of the Nations of the World is predicated on their historical refusal to accept such "marriages" - and that, consequently, any attempt to deviate from that mitzvah literally poses an existential threat to society.

His observation is amplified by the Midrash Rabbah on Achrei-Mos, 23:9, on VaYikra 18:3, declaring that the Generation of the Great Flood was not annihilated until they started writing marriage contracts for men marrying men -- and women marrying women. Thus, recognition of homogeneous "Marriage" triggered the annihilation of Civilization.

The Mahara"l, in his commentary on Chullin there, explains that while all of the forbidden acts listed at the end of Parshas Achrei-Mos (VaYikra 18) are categorized as "abominations" - in the very last several p'sukim - the act of sodomy is the only arayos transgression branded as an "abomination" in its' individual enumeration (VaYikra 22:18).  This is to teach us that Sodomy is an abomination even amongst other abominations!  And it's this Ultimate Abomination that is being celebrated as the substance of matrimony by To'aiva- Marriage proponents.  This is an unfathomable rebellion against G-d.

Now, to discern the practical impact recognition of said fraudulent Marriage has already had on the West - one need not look far.  The wholesale abuse of children exploited by homogeneous spousal imposters - under the cynical branding of "adoption" - stands out as an example of unforgivable state-mandated child-abuse - of Biblical proportions.  The fact that one such person was appointed to the Cabinet - by a Republican president - renders the issue all the more incumbent on us as Jews to speak out against, especially as his name, photo, and exploits infiltrate our currency, our media, our institutions, and even our homes.

Additionally, with all of the grandstanding against the predatory crimes being enabled by the transgender advocates, precious little attention is given to identify its' cause: caving in on Marriage Redefinition - by the leadership of both political parties, and by our own communal leadership.  By removing yet another obstacle to the pursuit of transgender-agenda, we ourselves advanced it, in a manner even more inexcusable than it was predictable.

While Biden (ostensibly) "signed" federal Mabul-Marriage enforcement in December'22 - Trump himself (not his auto-pen) celebrated it, days later, and, even worse, pledged that he's "fighting hard" for the gay community - after they ostensibly attained their "goal" of "Marriage DeQuality" (http://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/16/celebration-same-sex-marriage-mar-a-lago-00074441).  Furthermore, said bill passed the legislative branch only in collaboration with Republican betrayal (by 12 GOP senators).

The same types of failures that led to passage of To'aiva Matrimony in NY State in June 2011 - courtesy of Arm-Twister-in-Chief Andrew Cuomo - were operative in yet another communal disaster: our failure to stop Physician-Facilitated Prescription Poisoning (euphemized "Medical (sic) Aid In Dying" (sic)) this year.  Included were the failure to prioritize these burning issues over procurement of government largesse, and to do so in a timely fashion, when we had the ability to defeat political candidates over these issues.

As the six month training period for Assisted "Suicide" ends this week, the lethal legislation is scheduled to go into effect on August 5th, R"L.  Consequently, all qualified clientele - along with untold numbers of others - can now "benefit" from the best killing services NY State has to offer. 

So, ensure your doctors and health care facilities shun collaboration in this Aktzion T4 rerun.  The "health"care professional whose career involves prescription poisoning  probably won't be serving you well as the shliach to save the lives of your loved ones.

Regarding both of these legislative and societal calamities, we need recognize our own communal culpability - as well as resolve to do whatever necessary to counter these anti-Torah policies, including shunning any cooperation with those  policies.

In closing, we cannot omit this most timely imperative:
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The greater the difficulty, the more biting the ridicule and sarcasm, and the more numerous the opponent -- then the holier is the principle, and the more sacred is our duty to defend it.

In my opinion, the halachic dictum bishas gezeras ha-malchus afillu mitzvah kallah ke'gon le-shinuyei Arkesa de-mesana, ye'hareg ve'al Ya'avor ... applies not only to political and religious persecution originated by some pagan ruler, but also to situations in which a small number of G-d-fearing and Torah-loyal people is confronted with a hostile attitude on the part of the majority dominated by a false philosophy."*

* from Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, O.B.M., reprinted in Baruch Litvin, The Sanctity of the Synagogue, p. 111, quoted by Rabbi Mayer Twersky, in "Judaism and Deviant Behavior," appearing in Dialogue, Fall 2013, #4, page 239-240.

To learn more, please email torahjewsfordecency@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,
Executive Director,
Help Rescue Our Children

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Broadcasting weekly over: Davidzon Radio 

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Israel, not Iran, is boxed in as Trump keeps chasing flimsy agreements

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-not-iran-is-boxed-in-as-trump-keeps-chasing-flimsy-agreements/

Tehran isn’t scared of endless US threats, and won’t make concessions. Gaza and Lebanon deals are somewhat more promising, but leave plenty of room for terror groups to survive

With Iran openly targeting US soldiers and asserting its right to control the Strait of Hormuz, many believed over the weekend that US President Donald Trump had — at long last — reached the end of his rope.

“US, Israel preparing to bombard energy-related targets in Iran,” CBS News declared on Saturday.

Israeli outlets reported that Jerusalem was on its “highest alert,” expecting Iran to respond to the looming massive strike by hitting the Jewish state for the first time in months.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

What we’ve learned about Covid-19 since the pandemic

 https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/04/health/covid-19-what-we-know-now

Covid-19 has killed more than a million people in the United States, but in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that lockdowns were “the thing that did the most damage to our country.”

This assertion kicked off more than 20 minutes of contentious back-and-forth, in which Kennedy made a number of false and misleading statements about a range of topics including measles, autism and Lyme disease.

“It’s just fraught with misinformation. Lies,” said Dr. Jake Scott, an infectious disease physician at Stanford who has made it his personal mission to fight back against false claims about vaccines. “You could write a book about that whole interview.”

Pro-Israel candidate Wesley Bell defeats Cori Bush in Missouri Democratic primary

 https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-904615

Rep. Wesley Bell has defeated former House representative Cori Bush in Missouri’s Democratic primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District.

Bush had emerged as one of Congress’s most outspoken critics of Israel following the October 7 Hamas attack and the subsequent war in Gaza, while Bell campaigned on a more moderate platform and has consistently supported the US-Israel strategic alliance.

The result represents an important victory for the Democratic Party’s pro-Israel wing after AIPAC and its allies invested millions of dollars in the race.

Do voters hate Democrats more than Republicans?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/21/republican-hate-election/

The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than with the one in power.

Saddled with a historically unpopular president, a fraying House majority, an unpopular and directionless war in Iran, an inflationary economic record, and a fracturing governing agenda, Republican strategists have seized the only viable strategy on offer for the 2026 midterms: Dial up the hate. “It’s going to be a hate election,” a consultant close to the Trump White House told Axios. “Voters have to hate the Dems more than they hate us. And we have material to work with.”

You can see why the leaders of the GOP’s campaign brain trust would embrace an all-demonization, all-the-time master narrative in seeking to retain the party’s imperiled majorities on Capitol Hill; it’s pretty much second nature to them. More than a century ago, Henry Adams coined the de facto slogan of the modern Republican Party when he observed that “politics is the organization of hatreds.” That apothegm became the mantra of Kevin Phillips, the architect of the infamous “Southern strategy” to weaponize white racial grievance for the 1968 Nixon campaign, and it’s secured big-ticket victories for GOP candidates ranging from Bush père and fils in 1988 and 2004 to the epochal win for the MAGA right in 2016.

Democrats Lead Republicans in Polls Three Months Ahead of Midterms

 https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/midterm-elections-republicans-democrats-polls-economy-trump/

Results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday showed that 42% of registered voters would vote for a Democratic congressional candidate at present, compared to 37% for a Republican. 

The same survey also found that, for the first time in nearly a decade of its polling series, voters perceive the Democratic Party as having a better plan for the economy than the Republican Party.

And it’s not the only poll illustrating the diminishing relative appeal of Republicans. As of Aug. 3, the polling average from election data organization Decision Desk HQ shows the Democratic Party holds a 6.7-point lead over the GOP on a generic congressional ballot.

Preflight sermon gets plane preacher kicked off Alaska Airlines flight

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/07/31/airline-removes-evangelist-after-onboard-preaching-session/

Lynn, 40, of Orlando, said she got up during a flight delay and delivered a message in just under a minute, telling fellow Alaska Airlines passengers that even if it was frustrating to wait, God’s timing was perfect “and maybe he’s sparing us from danger today.”

As she prepared to leave, she called the situation “spiritual warfare ... because demons don’t like the name of Jesus.”

“The passenger was asked to deplane the aircraft for safety reasons,” the airline said in a statement. “For the foreseeable future, the guest will not be permitted to travel on our flights.”

Israel Bombs Gaza, Casting Doubt on Trump Peace Plan

 https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/israel-gaza-airstrikes-hamas-disarmament-trump-peace-plan/

The intensified bombings came days after President Donald Trump announced that Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza had agreed to disarm. The announcement paves the way to implement the remaining provisions of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which Israel and Hamas signed in October 2025. But the broader framework also requires obligations from Israel, including a halt to its attacks and a phased withdrawal of its military from the enclave, that Israel appears not to have fully complied with since signing the agreement. The framework also outlines a possible pathway toward Palestinian statehood, which the Israeli government has repeatedly rejected.

On Friday, Trump said that Israel was “very happy” with the deal, which he called a “big step for the Middle East.”

Instead, Israel has appeared to buck Trump—not for the first time—by sharply intensifying its deadly attacks on Gaza. The weekend airstrikes are just the latest Israeli attacks since the October cease-fire, which was meant to halt fighting after the war killed more than 67,000 Palestinians. Since then, the Palestinian death toll has risen to 73,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, while five Israeli soldiers have been killed, including one in friendly fire, since the cease-fire, according to Israeli officials. The war began after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people.

Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t agree’ to Board of Peace’s plan to disarm Hamas

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-announces-israel-didnt-agree-to-board-of-peaces-plan-to-disarm-hamas/

After extended silence, PM insists IDF won’t withdraw from ‘current lines’ until Hamas fully disarmed, in seeming opposition to US-backed plan for initial Israeli pullback within Gaza

In his first public comments on the matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel has not agreed to the Board of Peace’s disarmament plan, which was accepted by Hamas last week.

A senior US official briefing reporters last week said the disarmament proposal is an extension of Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war, which Israel already accepted last fall. Accordingly, Israel is only being asked to maintain its adherence to the 20-point plan, the US official said, adding that Trump would be “very disappointed” in Jerusalem if it blocked the proposal’s advancement.

However, with Israel seemingly opposed to the proposal, the Board of Peace’s top envoys visited Jerusalem to meet with Netanyahu on Monday in a bid to bring him on board.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a challenge, others as a tool

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/ai-rabbis-some-ny-hasidic-groups-see-new-technology-as-a-challenge-others-as-a-tool/

Artificial intelligence that can answer questions of Jewish law may threaten congregants’ relationships with religious leaders, but also serves as a powerful educational resource

With the rise of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Hasidic communities are grappling with the intersection between AI and the need to preserve religious customs. Some see artificial intelligence’s instant answers — including for religious questions — as a challenge to faith and religious leadership. Others are embracing the new technology as a potential educational tool or a way to ensure their lifestyles.

In early 2025, Tsuria conducted a small, informal survey of around 40 Orthodox Jews from around the world about generative AI. Of that sample, 94% said they use AI at least once a week.

Idolatry has power?

Emes LiYakov (Devarim 04:19) And lest you lift up your eyes to the skies, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the skies, should you be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole sky Looking at the Torah commentaries you will see two approaches to explain this verse. One says it means that the sun and the moon were given to all people to provide them with illumination and the Torah is prohibiting worshipping them. In contrast the Ibn Ezra and Ramban explain it to mean that each nation has its own unique star and mazzel. Likewise there is a unique mazzel for every city which is the conduit for the good. This is also the view expressed by the Ramban in explaining Bereishis (01:18). It appears that this reflects a basic disagreement about the nature of idolatry. The view of Rambam  which is expressed in a number of places is that Idolatry has no real power to influence or do anything so those who worship idols or pray to them not only are sinning but they are wasting their time. In contrast the view of Ramban is that G-d created in Nature that each people has a unique celestial conduit to provide benefit to that people  as long as it is not relevant to Jews. since Jews are not influenced by mazzel. However there is still a Torah prohibition to pray to this source of bounty since ultimately G-d is the source of all bounty and therefore prayer and devotion can only be directed to G-d not to His servant. However if this source is worshipped and prayed to it can actually provide benefit. Thus the verse is saying that G-d gave each nation a unique source of bounty and guidance.

Emes LiYakov (Devarim 17:03) turning to the worship of other gods and bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, something I never commanded—  Rashi explains “I never commanded to worship them” And that is also how the Rashbam Ibn Ezra explain a previous verse concerning the verse.  And perhaps you will lift your eyes to the Heavens and you will see the sun and the Moon and the stars and all the Heavenly Host which G-d distributed to all the nations. The plain meaning of “which G-d distributed to all the nations.” is like what Rashi explains there that the Heavenly bodies were distributed to all the nations to provide light for them. However as I explained there that many Rishonim disagree with this and says it means that each nation has a special heavenly power. I explained that this dependent on the dispute of the Rishonim whether idolatry has any actual power

Trump says ‘don’t believe’ the polls, but Iran pullback suggests he might

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/03/trump-says-dont-believe-polls-iran-pullback-suggests-he-might/

Trump’s complaints come after his approval ratings dipped to match record lows or fell to new low points in polls from Quinnipiac University (32 percent), CNN (34 percent) and the Economist-YouGov (also 34 percent). While Trump fared better in other polls, national averages show him between 36 and 40 percent approval, down about one percentage point in recent weeks to match or set new record lows.

Trump wrote “don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers,” but he has long followed public opinion polls, highlighting such findings he likes and dismissing those he dislikes. His moves over the weekend appeared aimed at winding down a war that polls show Americans increasingly oppose.

Iran used psychologists to navigate Trump's 'psychopathic' behaviour

 https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-used-psychologists-navigate-trumps-psychopathic-behaviour-report

Iran’s negotiators used the advisers to assess Trump’s mental state and shape messages passed to him through regional mediators as talks sought to end the war.

“We added two senior psychologists to the negotiations’ advisory circle so that we can shape messages intended for President Trump from the perspective of managing what we regard as psychopathic behavior pattern,” an Iranian official told Drop Site.

The official said the psychologists joined the process after the first round of bilateral talks in Islamabad in April, as both sides exchanged terms for a possible memorandum of understanding.

“[Trump’s] reactions have improved noticeably since we began incorporating the recommendations of these advisers into our messages and written communications,” the official said.

Monday, August 3, 2026

Rav Aharon Elazar Turner zt”l, Author of Seminal Works on the Ramchal’s Teachings,

 A devoted student of the teachings of the Ramchal and among the earliest participants in Mifal HaShas, Rav Turner dedicated his life to Torah scholarship, publishing, and avodas Hashem.

His levayah was held Sunday evening in Bnei Brak, with burial in Elad.