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About the Author
Rabbi Max Weiman
Max Weiman was raised in Philadelphia and studied classical music and fine art. After university, he received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He now lives in St. Louis and authors the website kabbalahmadeeasy.com+.jpg "Harmonious Cycle")
Harmonious Cycle
by Rabbi Max WeimanThe final section of the Torah contains a list of blessings. Blessings also come at the beginning. From beginning to end, the Torah is for our ...
Joy and Enlightenment
by Rabbi Max WeimanMost of this week's Torah portion is a song. This is reflected in the Torah scroll itself, the way the words are laid out on the parchment - in two ...
Journey to the Upper Realm
by Rabbi Max WeimanThis week's parsha discusses the death of our teacher, Moses, and uses the words, "Moses went, and spoke these words to all of Israel." ...
Inner Knowledge
by Rabbi Max WeimanOne of the most poignant and enigmatic sections in the Torah appears in this week's parsha: This commandment that I am commanding you today, is ...
Impure Motives
by Rabbi Max WeimanSome Torah passages appear to describe severe punishments for not following the commandments. From beginning to end, the Torah emphasizes love, ...
See the Future
by Rabbi Max WeimanOur parsha begins: "When you go out to war..." (Deut. 21:10). This describes a strange arrangement in the Torah: When a soldier goes out ...
True Justice
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn order for there to be peace, there has to be judges and judgment. Being a judge is one of the harder jobs in the world, yet it must be done. We ...
Shades of Gray
by Rabbi Max Weiman"See I put before you today a blessing and a curse" (Deut. 11:26). This is a poignant phrase from a densely evocative section of the ...
Greatness in the Details
by Rabbi Max WeimanThe Torah has many ways of implying different levels of importance with commandments. Some have the promise of long life or other blessings. Some ...
Prayer & Meditation
by Rabbi Max WeimanAs part of Jewish tradition, Moses knew of God's promise to bring us to the Holy Land, where serving God would meet its perfection. Moses' heartfelt ...
Introspecting for Growth
by Rabbi Max WeimanWhen the fifth and final book of the Torah was composed, it expressed itself differently than the other four books. Of course, each of the five ...
Be Normal
by Rabbi Max WeimanThere are 613 commandments in the Torah, but there are also unspoken commandments, common sense things the Almighty wants us to figure out on our ...
What's Your Mission?
by Rabbi Max WeimanThis week's parsha (Numbers, ch. 25) describes an extremely unusual incident that seems to contradict much of Jewish ideals. Up until now, the Torah ...
Real Power
by Rabbi Max WeimanWhat would you do if you were one of the world's greatest magicians? Not like David Blaine or slight-of-hand magic, but real magic. Would you sell ...
Shades of Gray
by Rabbi Max WeimanSome things in life are clearly bad, like idolatry. Some things in life are clearly good, like feeding the poor. In Numbers 19:2, the words "chukat ...
Conflict Resolution
by Rabbi Max WeimanWe are always facing conflicts of one kind or another. This is life. Actually, all of life is a matter of resolving conflicts; the universe was ...
Two Strategies For Life
by Rabbi Max WeimanThis Torah portion speaks about one of the monumental events that changed life for the children of Israel for future generations: The Jewish people ...
Fulfilled Desires
by Rabbi Max WeimanImagine if we lived in a world where all our desires were fulfilled. Wouldn't that be awesome? Well, maybe we do live in a world like that. In ...
The Good Fence
by Rabbi Max WeimanTwo odd themes are juxtaposed in the Book of Numbers, chapters 5 and 6: the Nazir and the Sotah. A Nazir is a person who takes a special vow of ...
Be Yourself
by Rabbi Max WeimanWho you are as an individual is no accident. You were designed by an Infinite Being with extreme precision. You are you, because you were meant to ...
Walk This Way
by Rabbi Max WeimanLeviticus 26:3 says, "If you will walk in My decrees and guard My commandments and you do them..." The verses go on to list blessings we will ...
The Big Trust
by Rabbi Max WeimanAt the end of the book of Leviticus - with all the offerings, Temple vessels, and priestly duties - we have a special group of commandments that may ...
The Higher Standard
by Rabbi Max WeimanWe still have people today who can trace their lineage back to biblical times. You can even find them in the phone book, under the name Cohen. Of ...
Soul Control
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn this week's parsha, the Torah teaches us about Love Your Neighbor: "You shall not be a gossipmonger among your people, you shall not stand aside ...
Boundary Power
by Rabbi Max WeimanThe existence of the universe is an act of love from the Almighty. It is an expression of His infinite desire to give. Every molecule is a benefit ...
Metaphysical Messages
by Rabbi Max WeimanWhen we lived in a much more spiritually-aware time, there were more open messages from the Almighty regarding our character and opportunities for ...
Necessary Negativity
by Rabbi Max WeimanWhen a woman gives birth she is tameh for one week (for a boy) and two weeks (for a girl). Tameh is usually translated as "impure," which implies ...
Holy Food
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn Leviticus chapter 9, the Torah discusses the priestly service, and then mentions out of context Aaron's sons, Nadav and Avihu, who died when they ...
Holy Garbage
by Rabbi Max WeimanThe first service each day in the Holy Temple was called trumat hadeshen, removal of the ashes. A kohen was instructed to take a pan and remove the ...
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Kabbalistic Insights into Shvat
by Rabbi Max WeimanEach month of the Hebrew calendar contains mystical meaning. Shvat teaches us about the wellsprings of wisdom.
The Small Aleph
by Rabbi Max WeimanWithout understanding the Hebrew text of the Torah, it will always be a foreign book to you. I often find it odd when a Christian missionary ...
It's All in the Timing
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn this week's Torah portion, God says, "On the day of the first new moon, on the first of the month, you shall erect the Tabernacle, the Tent of ...
We Want Your Input
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn this week's Torah portion, Moses spoke to the people regarding their involvement in building the Tabernacle, the precursor to the Holy Temple ...
When It Counts
by Rabbi Max WeimanA few years ago, a million-dollar prize went uncollected. The Clay Mathematics Institute offers a million dollars for the solution to any one of ...
Clothes Make the Man
by Rabbi Max WeimanClothing is a source of imagery and metaphor throughout the Torah. From the murder of Joseph, when his brothers drenched his coat in blood, to the ...
Inside and Out
by Rabbi Max WeimanBetzalel was given the task of constructing all the pieces of the Tabernacle in the desert. In making the Aharon - the box that held the Tablets of ...
Pipelines to Heaven
by Rabbi Max WeimanRashi, at the beginning of his famous commentary on the Torah, implies that the commandments are the most important part of the Five Books of Moses. ...
Did You Hear What He Didn't Say?
by Rabbi Max WeimanYitro is one of the most interesting personalities in the Torah, yet he is rarely discussed. He's not a figurehead, or a forefather, or a tribal ...
What Do I Do?
by Rabbi Max WeimanFrom a practical, physical standpoint, this week's Torah portion begins with something that's hard to understand. The Almighty takes the Jewish ...
Power of Three
by Rabbi Max WeimanThree of the Ten Plagues appear in this week's Torah portion. The number three is actually hinted to in the name of the parsha, Bo (spelled bet, ...
Four and Ten
by Rabbi Max WeimanWhen God says to Moses that He is going to bring the Jews out of Egypt, He uses four different ways of saying the same thing (Exodus 6:6-7): - "I ...
Limitations and Definitions
by Rabbi Max WeimanEvery proper noun in the Torah has a meaning. The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mitzrayim, which means boundaries. Consequently, we understand that the ...
Twelve Tribes and Months
by Rabbi Max WeimanThe underpinnings of the universe tie together in sets of 12.
Seventy Souls
by Rabbi Max WeimanHow many different ways of looking at the same verse in the Torah do you suppose there are? Five? Ten? Fifteen? The mystical tradition says there ...
Sifting Out the Truth
by Rabbi Max WeimanJoseph has the gift of dream interpretation. This is an usual talent, especially given that Jews are not into the occult, witchcraft, superstition, ...
Leadership Assistant
by Rabbi Max WeimanIn the personalities of the great Biblical personalities, we see patterns. Each had his own special relationship with God. Each approached his life ...
Conflict and Balance
by Rabbi Max WeimanFrom the womb, Jacob was in conflict. It seems this was his destiny. Forced by his mother to sneak the birthright, living with an uncle who tries to ...
Understanding the Angels
by Rabbi Max WeimanJacob encounters angels in several places, for example during his ladder dream (Genesis 28:12), and again in Genesis 31:10 and 32:2. It seems that ...
Personal Strengths and Weakness
by Rabbi Max WeimanLast week we spoke about the three pillars of existence: Love (pleasure), Strength (goodness) and Truth (wisdom). Although we all have all three, ...
