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Menachem 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
by Rabbi Menachem Weiman
Unpacking Jewish points from the scary, provocative film.
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Most of this week's Torah portion is a song. This is reflected in the Torah scroll itself, the way...
This week's parsha discusses the death of our teacher, Moses, and uses the words, "Moses went...
One of the most poignant and enigmatic sections in the Torah appears in this week's...
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Our parsha begins: "When you go out to war..." (Deut. 21:10). This describes a strange...
In order for there to be peace, there has to be judges and judgment. Being a judge is one of the...
"See I put before you today a blessing and a curse" (Deut. 11:26). This is a poignant...
Sometimes a relationship is defined not by the big things, but by the small things.
As part of Jewish tradition, Moses knew of God's promise to bring us to the Holy Land, where...
When the fifth and final book of the Torah was composed, it expressed itself differently than the...
There are 613 commandments in the Torah, but there are also unspoken commandments, common sense...
This week's parsha (Numbers, ch. 25) describes an extremely unusual incident that seems to...
What would you do if you were one of the world's greatest magicians? Not like David Blaine or...
Some things in life are clearly bad, like idolatry. Some things in life are clearly good, like...
A Jewish view of Heaven and Hell.
We are always facing conflicts of one kind or another. This is life. Actually, all of life is a...
This Torah portion speaks about one of the monumental events that changed life for the children of...
Imagine if we lived in a world where all our desires were fulfilled. Wouldn't that be awesome?...
Two odd themes are juxtaposed in the Book of Numbers, chapters 5 and 6: the Nazir and the...
Who you are as an individual is no accident. You were designed by an Infinite Being with extreme...
Leviticus 26:3 says, "If you will walk in My decrees and guard My commandments and you do them..."...
Striking the balance between effort and trust.
We still have people today who can trace their lineage back to biblical times. You can even find...
In this week's parsha, the Torah teaches us about Love Your Neighbor: "You shall not be a...
Imposing boundaries puts the incredible arsenal of personal abilities in the palm of your hand.
When we lived in a much more spiritually-aware time, there were more open messages from the...
When a woman gives birth she is tameh for one week (for a boy) and two weeks (for a girl). Tameh...
The gift of self-control.
The first service each day in the Holy Temple was called trumat hadeshen, removal of the ashes. A...
Each month of the Hebrew calendar contains mystical meaning. Shvat teaches us about the wellsprings of wisdom.
What a difference a letter makes.
In this week's Torah portion, God says, "On the day of the first new moon, on the first of the...
In this week's Torah portion, Moses spoke to the people regarding their involvement in building...
A few years ago, a million-dollar prize went uncollected. The Clay Mathematics Institute offers a...
Clothing is a source of imagery and metaphor throughout the Torah. From the murder of Joseph, when...
What you see is what you get.
Rashi, at the beginning of his famous commentary on the Torah, implies that the commandments are...
Yitro is one of the most interesting personalities in the Torah, yet he is rarely discussed. He's...
From a practical, physical standpoint, this week's Torah portion begins with something that's hard...
Three of the Ten Plagues appear in this week's Torah portion. The number three is actually hinted...
When God says to Moses that He is going to bring the Jews out of Egypt, He uses four different...
Every proper noun in the Torah has a meaning. The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mitzrayim, which means...
The underpinnings of the universe tie together in sets of 12.
How many different ways of looking at the same verse in the Torah do you suppose there are? Five?...
Joseph has the gift of dream interpretation. This is an usual talent, especially given that Jews...
In the personalities of the great Biblical personalities, we see patterns. Each had his own...
From the womb, Jacob was in conflict. It seems this was his destiny. Forced by his mother to sneak...
Jacob encounters angels in several places, for example during his ladder dream (Genesis 28:12),...
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