 In some of the yeshibot which he attended instruction was given also in the Hebrew language and grammar, but that did not satisfy Weiss.It was for this reason that he changed from one yeshibah to another, hoping that he would ultimately find one in which his desire for learning would be satisfied.Influenced by Nachman Krochmal, by Rapoport, and by Leopold Zunz's "Gottesdienstliche Vorträge," Weiss devoted part of his time to the study of religious philosophy.