Editing Michael Dov Weissmandl (section)

==Religious work==

===Books===
Two of Weissmandl's books were published posthumously.
* ''Toras Chemed'' (Mt. Kisco, 1958)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hebrewbooks.org/42028 |title=Toras Chemed, web copy |language=he |access-date=2010-04-28 |publisher=hebrewbooks.org}}</ref> is a book of religious writings that includes many commentaries and homilies, as well as hermeneutic material of a [[kabbalah|kabbalistic]] nature. Included in this book are the observations that led to what is called the [[Torah Code]]s.
* ''Min HaMeitzar'' (Jerusalem, 1960) is a book that describes Rabbi Weissmandl's war-time experiences. The title consists of the first two words of [[Psalms|Psalm]] 118:5, meaning "from the depths of despair", literally "From the Straits".<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2025 |title=an excerpt from Sefer Min Hametzar |url=http://www.yhe.center/single-post/an-excerpt-from-sefer-min-hametzar |url-status=live |website=Yalkut Heshvati Etchem}}</ref>  This is the main publication in which Weissmandl's accusations against the [[Zionism|Zionist]] organizations appear.<ref name="nkusa.org">https://nkusa.org/excerpt-from-sefer-min-hametzar-by-rabbi-michael-dov-weissmandl/</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2025 |title=TEN QUESTIONS TO THE ZIONISTS ! |url=http://www.yhe.center/single-post/ten-questions-to-the-zionists |url-status=live |website=Yalkut Heshvati Etchem}}</ref> In the book Rabbi Weissmandl quotes part of a letter sent to the [[Bratislava Working Group]] by [[Nathan Schwalb]] of the [[Jewish Agency]] "Pioneer" ([[Hehalutz]]) group. The letter essentially says that the Allies are shedding their blood on the battle field and after defeating the Nazis will divide Europe, as happened after World War I. The Jews of Europe too must shed their blood in order to have right to claim a post-war state: Israel. The letter then states that money is enclosed for the Bratislava Jewish leaders to go on an "outing" (escape to Palestine).<ref name="nkusa.org"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2025 |title=The role of Zionism in the Holocaust |url=http://www.yhe.center/single-post/the-role-of-zionism-in-the-holocaust |url-status=live |website=Yalkut Heshvati Etchem}}</ref>

According to [[Yehuda Bauer]], the book reflects Weissmandl's ideological biases and was edited by Weissmandl's relatives after his death, limiting the historical reliability of the book. For example, it does not mention the last two transports from Slovakia in October 1942, which contradict Weissmandl's belief that the Working Group's bribes were responsible for the cessation of deportation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Yehuda |author-link=Yehuda Bauer |title=Jews for Sale?: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933–1945 |date=1994 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-05913-7 |language=en |location=New Haven |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/jewsforsalenazij00baue|quote=Weissmandel not only has his dates mixed up; he also ignores the  two last trains completely. Most of the historians who have commented on this affair until now, including myself, have fallen into the trap of believing  Weissmandel. One reason may lie in the peculiarities of Weissmandel's book. It was put together after his death by his brother and his pupils, and it is impossible to say what part is Weissmandel and what was added or changed by his fanatical heirs. Also, Weissmandel himself was a bitter man, who had lost his wife and his children at Auschwitz and who vented his fury on those with whom he had ideological differences.  He, and his colleagues in Slovakia, had fought the good fight, and World Jewry, because it had abandoned religion and tradition, was the traitor.}}</ref>

In 1958{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}, Rabbi Weissmandl republished the [[masterpiece|magnum opus]] of Rabbi [[Jonah Teomim-Frankel]], ''Kikayon D'Yonah'' with his own footnotes and glosses. In the introduction to this volume, Rabbi Weissmandl gives an emotional history lesson.