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- [Torah to Heal the Soul](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/)
- [Why Uman?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/why-uman/) - Uman Rosh Hashanah is more than a pilgrimage. Discover the Breslov connection between R' Nachman, Mashiach ben Yosef, Yosef's bones, and the final Geulah.
- [Rosh Hashanah Consciousness All Year Long](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/rosh-hashanah-consciousness-all-year-long/) - We are now in the final countdown to Rosh Hashanah 5784, and thoughts of teshuvah should be constantly in our minds. The question is, what is the essence of teshuvah that we need to be working on and how does it relate to the theme of Rosh Hashanah? Let's begin with Rosh Hashanah. As is
- [Blood [is] Money](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/blood-is-money/) - The Torah teaches that someone who injures another is responsible for medical expenses (Shemot 21:19). This passage also introduces the phrase "v'rapo y'rapei," which leads to a deeper exploration of the role of doctors and the spiritual implications of healing. What secret do these words come to reveal?
- [When Seeing Makes You Blind](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/when-seeing-makes-you-blind/) - R' Nachman reveals how sight can trap us in suffering and how da’at allows us to see beyond appearances toward the tachlit where Hashem’s love is revealed.
- [The Death of Memory](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-death-of-memory/) - Galut begins not with hatred but with forgetfulness. A Torah analysis of memory, obligation, and how exile takes shape once covenant disappears.
- [The Dangerous Power of the Tzaddik](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-dangerous-power-of-the-tzaddik/) - Discover how R' Nachman explains the power of the Tzaddik's tefillah, the danger of ga'avah after success, and why every achievement comes from Hashem.
- [The Flowers of the Menorah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-flowers-of-the-menorah/) - Discover the deeper meaning of the menorah’s flowers, the Kedushat Levi on fallen love, hidden sparks, and the tikkun of desire in Beha’alotecha.
- [Does Our Torah Predict Their Messiah?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/does-our-torah-predict-their-messiah/) - Does Devarim 18:15 really predict the missionaries’ messiah? See how Rashi, the Sifrei, the Gur Aryeh, and the Rambam refute their argument.
- [How Was R' Akiva Able to Return in Peace?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-was-r-akiva-able-to-return-in-peace/) - Passing Through the Three Evil Klipot to Merit Prophecy: Yechezkel ha-Navi describes in great detail the 'prophetic journey' that one must go on in order to receive nevuah. He begins his description with these words (Yechezkel 1:4): וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן־הַצָּפוֹן עָנָן גָּדוֹל וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ סָבִיב וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ
- [The Memory of Forgetfulness](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-memory-of-forgetfulness/) - Why does the Torah forbid cutting yourself or pulling out hair for the dead? R' Natan explains Jewish mourning, grief, memory, forgetfulness, and Olam ha-Ba.
- [Don't Read Life as Walking – Read It as Standing](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/dont-read-life-as-walking-read-it-as-standing/) - At the end of Shas (Niddah 73a), Chazal redefine life: not halichah (striving) but halachah (inner standing). Live as a ben Olam ha-Ba - now through humility.
- [Harnessing the Power of Imagination](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/harnessing-the-power-of-imagination/) - Parashat Re’eh calls us to ‘see’—not just with our eyes, but with vision shaped by memory, joy, and contentment. Rebbe Nachman reveals how imagination can distort reality or illuminate truth, guiding us toward blessing, clarity, and spiritual purpose.
- [The Two Kinds of Dirt](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-two-kinds-of-dirt/) - What is true humility, and how does it differ from sadness? Discover R' Nachman and R' Natan's Breslov teachings on humility, tefillin, and resurrection.
- [The First Thief and the Root of All Sheker](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-first-thief-and-the-root-of-all-sheker/) - Parashat Kedoshim contrasts the ganav (thief) who steals in secret with the gazlan (robber) who steals by force—revealing why the Torah treats hidden deceit more severely than open theft, and what this teaches us about divine concealment and free will.
- [Strategy for Growth: Breaking the Klipahs](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/strategy-for-growth-breaking-the-klipahs/) - All living things have within them a vital force motivating them to grow. We are no different. Children and adults alike, we all want to grow. And growth has many dimensions associated with it. Growth can refer to physical size, education, ability or skill, professional development, knowledge or wisdom, emotional maturity, even emunah [faith] and
- [Feelin' Groovy in Prayer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/feelin-groovy-in-prayer/) - In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel released their third studio album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. The final song of Side A entitled “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” begins with the now famous lyrics “Slow down, you move too fast / You got to make the morning last…” What’s so eternally important about the
- [Turning Sorrow and Sighing into Simchah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/turning-sorrow-and-sighing-into-simchah/) - Why must Mashiach emerge from Moav/Ammon? Discover how Ruth, David, Tehillim, and the ten types of niggun transform sorrow and sighing into simchah and geulah.
- [Bringing an End to Galut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/bringing-an-end-to-galut/) - Learning from King Chizkiyahu's Mistake Many years ago, during the reign of the righteous king Chizkiyahu, the kingdom of Yehudah was being overrun by the Assyrians. One Jewish city after the other fell to the invaders and the local population of Jews were subjected to unspeakable atrocities. One final city remained unconquered—Yerushalayim. High officials of
- [The Long and Winding Road](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-long-and-winding-road/) - Discover the shocking lineage of Mashiach from Lot's cave through Balak and Rut to David ha-Melech, and how holiness emerges from darkness and the klipot.
- [Eyes that Create Plague](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/eyes-that-create-plague/) - Hashem commanded a war of vengeance against Midian, led by twelve thousand holy warriors who guarded their eyes with fierce dedication. This essay uncovers the deep connection between shemirat einayim, unholy spiritual forces, and the catastrophic power of androlomusia.
- [The Five Klipot of Midian](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-five-klipot-of-midian/) - The Aderet Eliyahu reveals how the Five Kings of Midian in Parashat Matot represent five klipot of the Sitra Achra that attack Yisrael's kedushah/holiness.
- [Moshe's Incredible Sense of Responsibility](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/moshes-incredible-sense-of-responsibility/) - In last week’s article, we reviewed the six main attributes of the parah adumah (disgraced, unblemished soul, occupied fully with Torah, a tzaddik who exhibits true shiflut, yet despised by the nation) and challenged the reader to see the connection between those attributes and the suffering servant of Yeshayah 52:13-53:12. As a follow up to
- [Reuven, the Firstborn of Yisrael](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/reuven-the-firstborn-of-yisrael/) - Explore Ya'akov, Rachel, Leah, Reuven, and Yosef in a deep Torah essay on firstborn blessing, birthright, Zohar, Lavan, marriage deception, and Hashem's truth.
- [Ephraim and Menasheh Shall be Mine](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/ephraim-and-menasheh-shall-be-mine/) - A Deeper Reason Why Ya'akov Adopted Yosef's Two Sons: If we're not careful, the Torah can appear to us as a collection of unrelated events with no connectivity between them – this happened, and then this happened, and then this happened, and so on. Further compounding the problem is that the Torah rarely explains what
- [When the Yetzer ha-Ra Wears a Black Hat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/when-the-yetzer-ha-ra-wears-a-black-hat/) - R’ Natan of Breslov reveals how Balak and Bila'am disguise evil as truth, Torah, and zeal, turning machloket into a mitzvah and threatening real kedushah.
- [The Danger of Breathing Poisoned Air](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-danger-of-breathing-poisoned-air/) - Balak's and Bilaam's attempts to curse the Jewish People span three parashiot in Sefer Bemidbar: Balak, Pinchas, and Mattot. That fact alone should give us some idea of its monumental importance. Let's explore the story together. After Bilaam realized that Hashem wasn't going to give him an opening to curse the Jewish Nation directly, he
- [The Beautiful Maiden or the Evil Maidservant](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-beautiful-maiden-or-the-evil-maidservant/) - The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 3) In the past two issues of The Shoemaker Report, we examined the origins and characteristics of the souls of the converts who accompanied the Jewish People when they left Egypt in the days of Moshe Rabbeinu. This group, known collectively as the Erev Rav ('mixed multitude'), is
- [The Holy Chutzpah of the Worm](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-holy-chutzpah-of-the-worm/) - Discover how parah adumah, cedar, hyssop, crimson wool, and azut di’kedushah reveal how the lowliest Jew receives the Tzaddik’s highest divine light.
- [The Danger of Relying on Self-Evaluation](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-danger-of-relying-on-self-evaluation/) - The Dispute Between Zimri and Pinchas: The Gemara in Berachot 32a offers different 'proof texts' to show that Moshe Rabbeinu spoke somewhat impertinently [הֵטִיחַ דְּבָרִים כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה, literally, 'he threw his words upward'] to Ha-Kadosh, baruch Hu when he sought to defend B'nei Yisrael on account of their sins. One such case was in defense
- [Why We Cannot Understand Our Own Lives](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/why-we-cannot-understand-our-own-lives/) - Discover how the Arizal reveals Kayin’s hidden soul-root through Moshe, Yitro, Korach, and the Mitzri—unlocking gilgulim, tikkun, and life’s deepest struggles.
- [A Land That Consumes Its Inhabitants](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/a-land-that-consumes-its-inhabitants/) - Why did the meraglim speak lashon ha-ra against Eretz Yisrael? Explore emunah, da'at, mitzvot, and the challenge of entering and serving Hashem in the Land.
- [Daat, Daat Everywhere and Not a Drop of Truth](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/daat-daat-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-of-truth/) - Fake ice cream. Fake money. Fake friends. Fake free markets. Fake free speech. Fake education. Fake elections. Fake news. Even fake spirituality. Everything seems fake these days Why is this so? What happened to the real stuff? The truth is that what we are seeing in our world today is merely the revelation of the
- [Comfort and the Laughing Dove](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/comfort-and-the-laughing-dove/) - We are in the seven weeks of comfort and consolation leading up to Rosh Hashanah. During the first Shabbat of these weeks, we read the haftarah of Nachamu which begins with the quintessential verse of comfort (Yeshayahu 40:1): נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי יֹאמַר אֱלֹקֵיכֶם (Comfort, comfort my people, says your G-d). It’s worthwhile asking two relevant
- [The Primordial Criminal Mastermind](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-primordial-criminal-mastermind/) - Even though we have written about the sin of Adam ha-Rishon [אדם הראשון, Primordial Man] previously (see “Daat, Daat Everywhere and not a Drop of Truth” and “The Sweetness of Silence”), we are revisiting this topic because without a solid understanding of where we came from and what happened at the beginning of our history,
- [Releasing the Holy Sparks](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/releasing-the-holy-sparks/) - A Point of Contention Between Yosef and His Brothers: The sale of Yosef. If we had a truly sensitive soul, those words would send shivers down our spine. Not only did that one action set into motion a chain of events that led to the brutal enslavement of the whole Jewish nation, but perhaps more
- [Yashfeh: The Stone of Binyamin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/yashfeh-the-stone-of-binyamin/) - Why did Binyamin merit the Beit ha-Mikdash in his portion? A deep Torah exploration of yashfeh, silence, humiliation, restraint, and inner greatness.
- [Counting the Omer: Are We Really like the Sotah?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/counting-the-omer-are-we-really-like-the-sotah/) - Discover the deep meaning behind the Omer offering of refined barley. Unlike the Sotah's coarse barley, the Omer symbolizes transformative teshuvah through silence, patience, and inner refinement—revealing how true repentance begins with humility and culminates in divine elevation.
- [The Sweetness of Silence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-sweetness-of-silence/) - We live in a very noisy world. To a certain extent, we have become programmed to eschew silence. Silence has become an enemy of sorts. The moment we might come to experience a moment of silence, we grab our cell phones, turn on a computer, listen to music, etc. The bottom line is that few
- [Filling Your Eyes with Puch](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/filling-your-eyes-with-puch/) - How to Merit Seeing the Beit ha-Mikdash of Fire: With words of comfort and consolation, Yeshayah ha-Navi records a promise from Hashem that even though B'nei Yisrael will experience much suffering over the years, He will rebuild for them the Beit ha-Mikdash (Yeshayah 54:11-12): עֲנִיָּה סֹעֲרָה לֹא נֻחָמָה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מַרְבִּיץ בַּפּוּךְ אֲבָנַיִךְ וִיסַדְתִּיךְ בַּסַּפִּירִים׃
- [The Source of the Spies' Lashon Ha-Ra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-source-of-the-spies-lashon-ha-ra/) - What drove the spies to speak lashon ha-ra about the Land? This essay uncovers a deeper root—fear of entering without Moshe, a crisis of emunah, and a tragic replay of Eshkol’s well-meaning but misguided counsel.
- [Covenant or Coincidence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/title-covenant-or-coincidence/) - Why do the Torah's curses come? A deep Torah analysis of keri, simchah, Parashat Bechukotai, and the breakdown of the covenantal relationship with Hashem.
- [Was Moshe Rabbeinu Really a Giant?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/was-moshe-rabbeinu-really-a-giant/) - Despite the best efforts of the wise-hearted and tzaddikim, only Moshe could erect the Mishkan. How come? Only Moshe’s selfless heart could unify B’nei Yisrael, making him the key to bringing down the Divine Presence. Discover the deeper meaning behind this miracle and what all this has to do with the fact that Moshe was 10 amot tall!
- [Send Someone Else!](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/send-someone-else/) - Why did Moshe resist the geulah for seven days? Explore redemption, suffering, and the structure of geulah - based on Midrash, Ramban, and the Chatam Sofer.
- [Monday Morning Quarterbacking the War](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/monday-morning-quarterbacking-the-war/) - The Abduction of Dinah and Swords of Iron “We should have carpet-bombed the whole place immediately after the massacres took place on Simchat Torah (October 7, 2023). We could even have used bunker buster bombs and wiped them out once and for all! We had the whole world on our side then. What an opportunity!
- [The Condition of Redemption](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-condition-of-redemption/) - Moshe’s refusal to lead at Aharon’s expense reveals a key principle of geulah: redemption cannot come through harm, shaping our understanding of Mashiach.
- [R' Meir's Chiddush on the Garments of Skin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/r-meirs-chiddush-on-the-garments-of-skin/) - Rabbi Meir’s insight on Adam’s garments of light and skin, the hidden inner reality of man, and how Torah reveals what lies beneath the surface.
- [The Skin of the Serpent](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-skin-of-the-serpent/) - Why the Body Should be a Source of Shame Tangentially to the main thrust of last week's article which focused on the necessity of modesty, we cited an interesting statement in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (3:1): וְהַצְּנִיעוּת וְהַבֹּשֶׁת מְבִיאוֹת אֶת הָאָדָם לִידֵי הַכְנָעָה לְפָנָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ שְׁמוֹ (Modesty [tzniut] and shame bring a person to know
- [The Level of Not Caring](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-level-of-not-caring/) - When Avraham was cast into Nimrod’s fiery furnace, he wasn’t proving courage—he was revealing perfect bitachon, trust beyond outcomes. Why was Avraham saved while Haran perished? Discover how absolute surrender to Hashem lifts a soul above nature itself—and what it means to truly let go.
- [To Sleep Like a Horse](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-sleep-like-a-horse/) - How to Come Out from Under the Control of the Sitra Achra: Imagine a prison, a fairly standard prison – at least standard in the way that many prisons used to be. From sunrise to sunset, the prisoners are forced into hard labor. They don't get much time to rest and they're not allowed to
- [Freeing the Captives](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/freeing-the-captives/) - The Torah reveals that true warfare is spiritual—tzaddikim battle not just enemies, but to free the Shechinah and sparks of holiness from captivity.
- [Yishmael's Teshuvah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/yishmaels-teshuvah/) - Avraham's Little-Known Role in Helping His Son Do Teshuvah You may already know that Yishmael did teshuvah during the lifetime of his father and that he lived out the rest of his days as a righteous man. But do you know the circumstances that led to his decision to turn his life around and return
- [For This Reason You Were Chosen](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/for-this-reason-you-were-chosen/) - Aharon's hesitation at the Mishkan’s inauguration reveals a powerful lesson: true humility and reverence can be the very reasons we’re chosen for greatness. Discover how Moshe’s and Aharon’s contrasting responses shaped their divine roles in this deep exploration of leadership and self-awareness.
- [The Three Dimensions of Limud Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-three-dimensions-of-limud-torah/) - How to learn Torah properly: discover inner fire (hitlahavut), Torah lishmah, and authentic limud Torah through deep Chassidic insights on the korban olah.
- [Why We Must Learn the Secrets of the Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/why-we-must-learn-the-secrets-of-the-torah/) - How do we ensure that in spite of aging physically, we never really get old? R' Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk was one of the early leaders in the Chasidic movement. He was the primary talmid of R' Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch. And after the Maggid’s passing, R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder
- [The Heels of Ya'akov](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-heels-of-yaakov/) - How to Acquire the Attribute of Yosef ha-Tzaddik: In last week's article Ya'akov's Fear in Going Down to Egypt, we learned that through the strength of his character, specifically his shemirat einayim, Yosef was able to break the tumah of immorality that filled the land of Egypt. As a result of his unprecedented strength of
- [When a Woman Emits Seed](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/when-a-woman-emits-seed/) - Parashat Tazria opens with the puzzling phrase “when a woman emits seed,” prompting Chazal to explore who initiates spiritual connection—us or Hashem. Through Midrash, Kabbalah, and poetic imagery, we uncover a profound model of divine intimacy where human initiative brings forth truth, and heavenly response brings justice.
- [Innocent or Guilty? It's the Jury's Decision](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/innocent-or-guilty-its-the-jurys-decision/) - A Generation that is Entirely Innocent or Entirely Guilty: R' Yochanan taught (Sanhedrin 98a): אין בן דוד בא אלא בדור שכולו זכאי או כולו חייב. בדור שכולו זכאי דכתיב (ישעיהו ס, כא) ועמך כולם צדיקים לעולם יירשו ארץ בדור שכולו חייב דכתיב (ישעיהו נט, טז) וירא כי אין איש וישתומם כי אין מפגיע וכתיב (ישעיהו
- [Cunning: Skill in Achieving One's Ends by Deceit](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/cunning-skill-in-achieving-ones-ends-by-deceit/) - What Was So Wrong With Lavan? It is written (Bereshit 3:1): וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְיָ אֱלֹקִים (And the Nachash was more arum than all the animals of the field which Hashem G-d had made). What is the meaning of עָרוּם [arum]? The Bechor Shor says it means that he spoke
- [The Prophet Who Thought He Was Bila'am](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-prophet-who-thought-he-was-bilaam/) - Parashat Vayikra: Moshe’s humility and shiflut - why he saw himself like Bila'am, and how this redefines true greatness in the light of Torah
- [The Source of True Humility](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-source-of-true-humility/) - R' Yochanan said (Megillah 31a): כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא גְּבוּרָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אַתָּה מוֹצֵא עִנְוְותָנוּתוֹ (Every place where you find [mention of] the greatness of the Holy One, blessed be He, you find [mention of] His humility). That may sound rather surprising. After all, we tend to think of the Master of creation
- [Engineered Descent](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/engineered-descent/) - Why does Hashem lift us only to send us down again? Rebbe Nachman teaches that ascent is just the breath before a descent. Through Parashat Toledot, we see how even our descents—whether struggles or missions—become pathways to deeper light, strength, and true tikkun.
- [Just Don't Be Afraid](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/just-dont-be-afraid/) - Rebbe Nachman’s “very narrow bridge” is widely misunderstood. Likutei Moharan reveals the bridge is the inner struggle of entering the service of Hashem.
- [The Torah of Fear: Its Source and Remedy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-torah-of-fear-its-source-and-remedy/) - Fears can be extraordinarily debilitating, and generally speaking sane people don’t want to be debilitated. This is the reason why a great deal of psychology exists around fear, i.e. how to deal with it, how to overcome it, and even how to benefit from it. On the surface this sounds great, but if you’ve ever
- [Purification from the Filth of the Snake](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/purification-from-the-filth-of-the-snake/) - Parah Adumah and Mashiach – Ramban’s insight into Yeshayah’s 'Suffering Servant,' redemption through humility, and the purification of Yisrael and the nations.
- [Sanctifying the Small Light Within](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/sanctifying-the-small-light-within/) - Discover how the four parashiot of Adar form one spiritual arc – from uncovering hidden good, to defeating the inner Amalek, to teshuvah, renewal, and rebirth.
- [The World's First Spiritual Retreat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-worlds-first-spiritual-retreat/) - What was Avraham’s eishel? Orchard or inn, it became a tikkun for Adam, Noach, and Sodom—restoring eating, speech, and relationship through hitbodedut.
- [Taking Torah in the Age of the Internet](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/taking-torah-in-the-age-of-the-internet/) - Parashat Terumah and Likutei Moharan 60: how chiddushei Torah on the internet draw the Shechinah into the mind – and why unprepared vessels can be damaged.
- [To Become a Litvishe Chasid – Huh?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-become-a-litvishe-chasid-huh/) - What R' Nachman Actually Taught About Limud Torah: As long-time readers of The Shoemaker Report should know by now, the predominant השקפה [hashkafah, outlook, perspective] followed in its pages comes from Breslov chasidut. However, let's face it, Breslov chasidut doesn't have the greatest reputation in the world, at least not among some people. Although it
- [How Yitro Heard](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-yitro-heard/) - Why spiritual breakthroughs don’t lead to real change. Yitro, kriat Yam Suf, and Amalek explain how restraint transforms insight into lasting emunah.
- [A Graceful Ibex and the Healing of the Moon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/a-graceful-ibex-and-the-healing-of-the-moon/) - Having Our Prayers and Requests Accepted: It is taught (Chullin 60b): רבי שמעון בן פזי רמי כתיב "ויעש אלקים את שני המאורות הגדולים" וכתיב "את המאור הגדול...ואת המאור הקטן" אמרה ירח לפני הקב"ה רבש"ע אפשר לשני מלכים שישתמשו בכתר אחד אמר לה לכי ומעטי את עצמך (R' Shimon ben Pazi raised a contradiction. It is
- [When History Holds Its Breath](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/when-history-holds-its-breath/) - Torah insights on redemption, trembling (ra’ad), Leah and Rachel as aspects of the Shechinah, and the inner structure of geulah from Exodus to Israel.
- [Finding Your Shidduch: Splitting the Sea and Disgrace](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/finding-your-shidduch-splitting-the-sea-and/) - Part 2: The Essence of Teshuvah (Likutei Moharan 6:2) In last week’s article, we examined the true reason behind the shidduch crisis in the orthodox Jewish world. With G-d’s help, we will now begin to lay out the path that a young man can take in order to cleanse his way, thereby meriting to marry
- [Meriting the Final Redemption](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/meriting-the-final-redemption/) - The Importance of Tikkun Chatzot It is taught (Berachot 3a): אָמַר רַב יִצְחָק בַּר שְׁמוּאֵל מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב שָׁלֹשׁ מִשְׁמָרוֹת הָוֵי הַלַּיְלָה וְעַל כָּל מִשְׁמָר וּמִשְׁמָר יוֹשֵׁב הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְשׁוֹאֵג כַּאֲרִי וְאוֹמֵר אוֹי לִי שֶׁחֵרַבְתִּי אֶת בֵּיתִי וְשָׂרַפְתִּי אֶת הֵיכָלִי וְהִגְלִיתִי אֶת בָּנַי לְבֵין אוּמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (Rav Yitzchak bar Shmuel said in the name of
- [Tefillin and the Elevation of Yirah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/tefillin-and-the-elevation-of-yirah/) - Tefillin as inner avodah: how fallen yirah is elevated to da’at through self-judgment and humility, revealing the ohr ha-ganuz (the hidden secrets of the Torah)
- [The Merit of the Wicked](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-merit-of-the-wicked/) - R' Abahu said (Berachot 34b): מָקוֹם שֶׁבַּעֲלֵי תְשׁוּבָה עוֹמְדִין צַדִּיקִים גְּמוּרִים אֵינָם עוֹמְדִין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לָרָחוֹק וְלַקָּרוֹב לָרָחוֹק בְּרֵישָׁא וַהֲדַר לַקָּרוֹב (In the place ba’alei teshuvah stand, complete tzaddikim cannot stand, as it says [Yeshayah 57:19], ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far away and to him who is near’, ‘to him who is
- [Sanctifying the Menorah of Our Face](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/sanctifying-the-menorah-of-our-face/) - A 'How-to' Guide for Likutei Moharan 21:2 In last week's article entitled They Found One Sealed Flask of Oil, we discussed the meaning of a rather cryptic statement in the Sifra di'Tzniuta (Zohar ha-Kadosh, Terumah 178a): עַתִּיקָא טָמִיר וסָתִים זְעֵירָא דְּאַנְפִּין אִתְגַּלְיָיא ולָא אִתְגַּלְיָיא (Atika is hidden and sealed; Ze'ir Anpin is reveal and not
- [From Darkness to Redemption: Your Personal Roadmap](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/from-darkness-to-redemption-your-personal-roadmap/) - Every study that we have seen shows that levels of depression, sadness, despondency, anxiety and many types of mental health disorders have skyrocketed since the outbreak of Covid, reaching record levels across practically all demographic groups including the very young. As the verse says in describing the conditions of our world just prior to the
- [When Redemption Cannot Be Heard](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/when-redemption-cannot-be-heard/) - Kotzer ruach (Shemot 6:9) explains why B’nei Yisrael couldn’t hear Moshe’s redemption. Parashat Shemot–Va’eira on collapse of capacity and covenant.
- [Rachel on the Road, Leah in the Cave](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/rachel-on-the-road-leah-in-the-cave/) - Why did Ya'akov bury Rachel on the road and Leah in the cave? A Shoemaker Report essay on Parashat Vayechi about truth, exile, inheritance, and final meaning.
- [Learning to See Leah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/learning-to-see-leah/) - How Yaakov became Yisrael by learning to see Leah's greatness. Torah insight on Yaakov and Leah, Rachel, and the hidden transformation in Parashat Vayishlach.
- [Why Nothing Changes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/why-nothing-changes/) - Why nothing changes spiritually. Rebbe Nachman of Breslov explains why self-effort fails – and how Parashat Miketz reveals the secret of real transformation.
- [To Know That We Don't Know Anything](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-know-that-we-dont-know-anything/) - The Secret Kavanah of Brit Milah (Part 2) In last week's article entitled Revealing a Tefach and Covering a Tefach, we began to explore a little bit of the hidden meaning of the mitzvah of brit milah. Guided by Likutei Moharan 63, we learned that the Torah has hidden the deeper kavanot of brit milah within the secrets of
- [Victory Over the Evil Inclination](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/victory-over-the-evil-inclination/) - Yaakov's Encounter with the Ministering Angel of Esav After Yaakov Avinu conducted his family and possessions across the river when returning to what would eventually become known as Eretz Yisrael, we read the following in the Torah (Bereshit 32:25): וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר (And Yaakov was left alone, and a
- [The Seven Bows that Changed the Course of the World](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-seven-bows-that-changed-the-course-of-the-world/) - How Come Esav Didn't Do Teshuvah? Ya'akov Avinu had finally extricated himself from Lavan's control. He had crossed the Yarden, entered Eretz Cana'an and was preparing to meet his brother Esav. He sent messengers ahead of himself, whom Rashi tells us, based on Bereshit Rabbah 75:4, were מַלְאָכִים מַמָּשׁ (literally 'angels'), instructing them with these
- [Sold for a Pair of Shoes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/sold-for-a-pair-of-shoes/) - The Job of a Shoemaker It is written (Amos 2:6): כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק וְאֶבְיוֹן בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָיִם׃ (So said Hashem, For three crimes of Yisrael, and for four, I will not turn away, for their sale of a tzaddik and a pauper for a pair of shoes).
- [Avraham’s Crowning Achievement](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/avrahams-crowning-achievement/) - The Shulchan Aruch states (Orach Chaim 1:5): טוב לומר פ' העקדה (It is good to read the passage of the Binding of Yitzchak, i.e. the Akeidah [each morning]). The Mishnah Berurah explains (O.C. 1:13) that it is not sufficient just to read it; rather, one must think about it deeply and recognize the wonders of
- [Ya'akov's Simanim and the Establishment of the Kehunah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/yaakovs-simanim-and-the-establishment-of-the-kehunah/) - Ya’akov’s secret simanim to Rachel and the kohanim’s sanctification share a hidden purpose—removing impurity for divine service. Exploring Kabbalistic insights, this article uncovers the deep spiritual connection between these rituals, shedding light on holiness, purity, and the power of tz’niut.
- [Rachel's Silence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/rachels-silence/) - Rachel’s silence in Vayeitzei hides one of the Torah’s most painful truths. For seven years she watched Leah receive the love, gifts, and destiny meant for her – and said nothing, choosing compassion over vindication. Her quiet sacrifice reshapes our understanding of the entire parashah.
- ["I am Yosef" – A Rather Inconvenient Revelation](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/i-am-yosef-a-rather-inconvenient-revelation/) - The Day the Viceroy Became Yosef – Insights from the Midrash: For twenty-two long years, Ya'akov Avinu sat on the ground, covered in sackcloth and ashes, inconsolably grieving the death of Yosef. And throughout all those years, no one said a word. Why not? The brothers had bound themselves by an oath not to reveal
- [Strolling Around the Mall](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/strolling-around-the-mall/) - In last week's article, The Danger of Breathing in Poisoned Air, we learned that the transgression that led to the Jewish men leaving their holy encampment and going to the Midianite market was because they were not breathing in the pure air that emanated from the mouth of Moshe Rabbeinu. In this week's essay, we
- [Yosef's Refusal of Potiphar's Wife Was Not Enough](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/yosefs-refusal-of-potiphars-wife-was-not-enough/) - How Yosef resisted Potiphar’s wife: the Komarna Rebbe reveals the power of hitkashrut to the tzaddik, the shalshelet of the Avot behind his unwavering refusal.
- [Learning to Shoot Straight](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/learning-to-shoot-straight/) - In last week’s article, we explained how tefillah [תפילה, prayer] is Mashiach’s fundamental weapon for defeating the forces of the Sitra Achra. By extension, we learned that this is also the weapon that each and every one of us must use to defeat the forces of evil in our lives. We ended that article by In last week’s article, we explained how tefillah [תפילה, prayer] is Mashiach’s fundamental weapon for defeating the forces of the Sitra Achra. By extension, we learned that this is also the weapon that each and every one of us must use to defeat the forces of evil in our lives. We ended that article by
- [From Mountain to House](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/from-mountain-to-house/) - Avraham saw a mountain, Yitzchak a field, but Ya'akov a house—and with it, the secret of universal tefillah. Learn how the Patriarchs built a living pathway to Hashem and why only Ya'akov’s vision turns prayer into a home for all peoples.
- [The Anatomy of Modesty](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-anatomy-of-modesty/) - The act of Shem and Yefet covering their father reveals a map of modesty: body, will, and soul aligning to guard the tzelem Elokim. From instinctive awe to conscious mitzvah to divine stillness, the Torah shows how true tzniut radiates holiness from within.
- [Time Dilation, Mashiach and Patience](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/time-dilation-mashiach-and-patience/) - How come one year at age 60 seems to pass more quickly than one year at age 10? Some have suggested that the perception of time is related to the amount of time already experienced in one’s life. One year at age 10 is 10% percent of the total time experienced time in one’s life
- [How Two Kings Share One Crown](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-two-kings-share-one-crown/) - When the moon asked, “Can two kings share one crown?”, Hashem answered, “Go and diminish yourself.” Her cry birthed longing and time itself. Through silence and humility, the soul learns to reflect rather than radiate—healing the ancient wound between giver and receiver.
- [Speak to the Heart of Yerushalayim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/speak-to-the-heart-of-yerushalayim/) - Explore Rebbe Nachman’s teaching on Israel’s mission: to rise above angels by drawing da’at into the heart, resisting cravings, and building Yerushalayim with true awe. Discover how mitzvot, festivals, and connection to tzaddikim unlock this destiny.
- [Blinded Eyes, Twisted Words](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/blinded-eyes-twisted-words/) - Bribes don’t only corrupt courts—they blind our conscience. In Parashat Shoftim the Torah warns: a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise. Self-bribes—flattery, pride, excuses, comfort, pleasure—distort our inner judge. Learn the five subtle bribes that block truth and teshuvah.
- [The Four Pillars of the World](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-four-pillars-of-the-world/) - A Deeper Look into the Weeks of Shovavim Shimon ha-Tzaddik, one of the last surviving members of the Anshei Knesset ha-Gedolah – 120 elders of B'nei Yisrael, including a number of prophets, which instituted many of our customary practices in Judaism, such as the wording of the Shemoneh Esreh – used to teach the following
- [To Separate or Not to Separate](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-separate-or-not-to-separate/) - How One Decision Becomes a Turning Point in Life After Avram returned from Mitzraim, we read the following about Lot (Bereshit 13:5): וְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים (And also Lot, who went with Avram, had a flock, cattle and tents). Since we already know from 13:1 that Lot was traveling with Avram, it seems
- [Like One Man With One Heart](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/like-one-man-with-one-heart/) - How to Fulfill the Mitzvah of 'You Shall Love Your Fellow as Yourself' Commenting on the fact that Shemot 19:2 describes Am Yisrael using the plural וַיַּחֲנוּ (and they encamped) and then just two words later describes it using the singular וַיִּחַן (and it encamped), Rashi famously writes that they had achieved a level of
- [Not By Bread Alone -- The Power of Vision](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/not-by-bread-alone-the-power-of-vision/) - This essay explores Rebbe Nachman’s teaching that life flows not from bread alone, but from Hashem’s word—activated through vision and bitachon. Just as observation shapes reality in physics, focused spiritual sight forms the vessel that draws down blessing exactly be’ito—in its perfect time.
- [Splendor Instead of Ashes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/splendor-instead-of-ashes/) - The destruction of the Beit ha‑Mikdash left us blind, but the ashes call us to action. At chatzot we join the Shechinah, turning sorrow into splendor and becoming partners in rebuilding Hashem’s House and bringing the light of geulah into our lives.
- [The Covenant that Heals a Broken World](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-covenant-that-heals-a-broken-world/) - What made Pinchas worthy of the eternal covenant of peace? This deep dive into Parashat Pinchas explores why Moshe couldn't stay, why Korach fell, and how true greatness lies not in rising—but in returning. Discover the mystery of the brit shalom and its relevance for our generation.
- [To Repair the Sin of the Golden Calf](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-repair-the-sin-of-the-golden-calf/) - Last week in our article Don’t Worry, You Won’t Die we examined Chavah’s grave error in eating from the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Torah describes her acceptance of the advice of the Nachash [Primordial Serpent] as a form of seduction, as it says in Likutei Moharan 7:3:
- [Speak to the Rock Before Their Eyes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/speak-to-the-rock-before-their-eyes/) - What will bring the final geulah? This deep Torah essay explores Moshe’s test at the rock, Miriam’s well, and the true path to redemption: humble, unified prayer. Learn why only through the collective tefillah of Klal Yisrael can the wellsprings of Torah reopen and Mashiach come.
- [The Two Hundred and Fifty Who Joined Korach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-two-hundred-and-fifty-who-joined-korach/) - What connects the 250 men of Korach, the Tower of Bavel, and S'dom? A startling teaching from the Megaleh Amukot reveals a spiritual lineage of rebellion—souls driven by ambition without submission. Discover how distorted holiness leads to destruction.
- [They Strolled Around and Picked it Up](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/they-strolled-around-and-picked-it-up/) - Why did some Israelites reject the manna and spend all day collecting and cooking it? The Zohar reveals this was more than a food complaint—it was a test of emunah. Discover the spiritual depth behind the manna and the true meaning of “eating to satisfy the soul."
- [Removing the Spirit of Jealousy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/removing-the-spirit-of-jealousy/) - Hashem values shalom so deeply that He allows His name to be erased from a sefer -- nullifying His own reputation in the world -- to restore peace between husband and wife in the case of suspected adultery. Similarly, tzaddikim sometimes burn their own holy sefarim. What holy purpose are they achieving by this act?
- [A Nation That Will Dwell in Solitude](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/a-nation-that-will-dwell-in-solitude/) - On the Necessity of Hitbodedut In the past two issues, we wrote about the importance of waking up and getting out of bed at midnight. We focused on two tasks and their accompanying benefits: (1) by learning Torah after midnight, we draw down a thread of chesed throughout the day, and (2) by reciting Tikkun
- [Shavuot: Entering into Hashem's Simchah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/shavuot-entering-into-hashems-simchah/) - Experience the inner joy of doing mitzvot with pure intention—lishmah. Drawing upon teachings from Rebbe Nachman and Likutei Halachot, rhis powerful Torah insight explores how true simchah connects us to na’aseh v’nishma, uplifts the soul, and reveals the deeper light of Shavuot and Matan Torah.
- [Transforming Nishma into Na'aseh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/transforming-nishmah-into-naaseh/) - White Fire and Black Fire and the Mitzvah of Writing a Sefer Torah With hearts filled with emunah, B'nei Yisrael declared their willingness to accept all of the Torah even before they heard it (Shemot 24:7): כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְיָ נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע (All that Hashem spoke we will do [na'aseh] and we will hear [nishma]). And
- [Protecting the Shechinah from the Sitra Achra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/protecting-the-shechinah-from-the-sitra-achra/) - Everything we need for the day is already prepared in advance. The tools are here—just step into the "toolshed" and strengthen emunah, inner clarity, and Divine guidance. Discover how trust and perspective unlock our path in this powerful Torah insight. Explore the deeper meaning of the morning berachah: "Who provided for me all of my needs."
- [Invictus: How a Righteous King Views His Destiny](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/invictus-how-a-righteous-king-views-his-destiny/) - William Ernest Henley was an English poet, writer, critic and editor who lived from 1849-1903. At the age of 16, he had his left leg amputated due to complications arising from tuberculosis of the bone. When he was in his 20s, he developed major problems with his other leg and was told by the doctors
- [Winning the War Against Our Faith](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/winning-the-war-against-our-faith/) - Following in the Footsteps of R' Akiva and Nachman Ish Gamzu In our last article entitled Rabbi Akiva's Night in the Field which we published just prior to the start of the Festival of Succot, we learned how to face life, build and live by true emunah even in the midst of difficult or even
- [A Little Salt Goes a Long Way](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/a-little-salt-goes-a-long-way/) - Discover the profound spiritual significance of salt. This in-depth exploration of Vayikra 2:13, based on the Zohar and Likutei Moharan, reveals how guarding the brit (covenant) sweetens life’s hardships, mitigates financial struggles, and strengthens emunah. Uncover the secret of the “salt of the covenant” today!
- [From Mishkan to Soul](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/from-mishkan-to-soul/) - Why does the Torah forbid building the Mishkan on Shabbat? Explore the deep connection between divine rest and spiritual self-nullification to the Light of the Ein Sof. Uncover the mystical significance of Shabbat and its role in transcending physical creation. Read more to unlock these profound insights.
- [And To Visit His Palace](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/and-to-visit-his-palace/) - Parashat Terumah delves into the significance of the contributions to the Mishkan. Explore the spiritual lessons behind Hashem's command to "take" a terumah and how giving with a generous heart brings us closer to divine wisdom and understanding.
- [The Hands of Moshe Rabbeinu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-hands-of-moshe-rabbeinu/) - How to Erase the Memory of Amalek from Under Heaven: After B'nei Yisrael left the immediate environs of the Yam Suf, Moshe Rabbeinu told everybody to travel to the Shur Desert (Shemot 15:22). After going three days without finding water, they finally came upon a source of water. The wonderful news quickly spread throughout the
- [Preserving Free Will at Matan Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/preserving-free-will-at-matan-torah/) - Likutei Moharan 190 and Moshe's Extra Day: In Parashat Yitro, we read the account of Matan Torah, the Giving of the Torah. In Parashat Va'etchanan which relates what took place forty years later, Moshe Rabbeinu adds some details that weren't mentioned in the original account in Shemot. Breaking into the middle of the story, Moshe
- [The Battle is in the Ceasefire](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-battle-is-in-the-ceasefire/) - What the War of Gog and Magog is Really All About: "Moshe ben Amram! Why do you keep letting up and giving the Egyptians one respite after another? That just hardens their hearts and emboldens them even more. Don't you understand that? Just finish them off already! Enough is enough. Haven't we been in galut
- [Let's Not Make Wings for the Nachash](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/lets-not-make-wings-for-the-nachash/) - The Importance of Correcting Our Speech: Have you ever wondered why certain heresies, i..e. religious, scientific, psychological, educational, philosophical and political heresies, spread like wildfire while others never seem to gain much traction? Likewise, have you ever wondered why the mythology of almost every nation of the world contains the image of a flying serpent
- [Raise Your Voice Like a Shofar](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/raise-your-voice-like-a-shofar/) - Mashiach and the Mechanics of Rebuke: A little over a year ago, we published a d'var Torah entitled To Rebuke or Not to Rebuke: That is the Question. In that article, we explained what happens to someone who receives rebuke from someone who is unfit to rebuke. In short, instead of arousing within the rebukee
- [Ya'akov's Fear of Going Down to Egypt](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/yaakovs-fear-of-going-down-to-egypt/) - The Power of One Man's Personal Kedushah: After Ya'akov learned that Yosef was alive and well in Egypt, he knew that he needed to go and see him. He set out from his home with his family and all of his possessions and came to Be'er Sheva where he offered sacrifices to the G-d of
- [The Prison of Nature](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-prison-of-nature/) - The Laws of Nature vs. Divine Providence – It's Our Choice: Near the beginning of the first berachah before reciting the Shema in the morning, we praise Hashem by saying the following: וּבְטוּבוֹ מְחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית (and in His goodness, He renews [mechadesh] every day, constantly, the work of creation). Further, toward
- [To Perceive the Inner Dimension of Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-perceive-the-inner-dimension-of-torah/) - Making One's Prayers a Delight to Hashem: In Chullin 60b, Rav Asi reconciles an apparent contradiction in the account of creation regarding when the grasses grew from the ground (see Bereshit 1:12 and Bereshit 2:5 for specifics). He answered as follows: שיצאו דשאים ועמדו על פתח קרקע עד שבא אדם הראשון ובקש עליהם רחמים וירדו
- [Be Quiet, Sun!](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/be-quiet-sun/) - Yehoshua's Merit in the Valley of Ayalon: What does the prophecy of Eldad and Meidad have to do with Yehoshua bin Nun telling the sun to be silent? This past Tuesday, the 3rd of Tammuz, was the anniversary of a decisive and strategically important victory for Yehoshua and B'nei Yisrael as part of their southern
- [Shutting Down the Sammy and Lilly Radio Station](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/shutting-down-the-sammy-and-lilly-radio-station/) - Why Yehoshua Told the Sun to be Quiet: In last week's study entitled Be Quiet, Sun!, we learned that Yehoshua bin Nun merited to silence the Sun in the Valley of Ayalon and defeat the army of the five kings because he had remained silent in the face of the insults and accusations that were
- [Don't Give Up – You are Hashem's Whole Desire](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/dont-give-up-you-are-hashems-whole-desire/) - The Incredible Journey of Eternal Soulmates: Life has been difficult lately – not just here in Eretz Yisrael but everywhere. And when life is difficult all over, people have a tendency to lose hope and get depressed. They begin by wondering if their life has any meaning or if Hashem bothers to pay any attention
- [It All Depends on Your Vessel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/it-all-depends-on-your-vessel/) - How the Torah Can Be an Elixir of Life or a Deadly Poison: It is taught in Kiddushin 30b: תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״וְשַׂמְתֶּם״ סַם תָּם, נִמְשְׁלָה תּוֹרָה כְּסַם חַיִּים (The Rabbis taught in a Baraita, "And you shall place [these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul]" [Devarim 11:18], a perfect elixir. The
- [Avraham's Oath and the Conquest of Yerushalayim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/avrahams-oath-and-the-conquest-of-yerushalayim/) - Why We Need to Know that Yoav was Buried in the Desert: Have you ever paid attention to how one thing leads to another, which leads to another, and so on, and before you know it, you've ended- up somewhere seemingly unrelated to where you began? If you've ever actually focused on this phenomenon, it's
- [Justice + Truth = Emunah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/justice-truth-emunah/) - The Deep Purpose for Suffering: Why is it that when someone begins to do teshuvah and starts walking in Hashem's ways, he frequently encounters difficulties and experiences suffering? If the purpose of suffering is to motivate a person to do teshuvah, why should he have to suffer at all? After all, he's already doing teshuvah.
- [Lost and Found](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/lost-and-found/) - The Role of the Tzaddikim in Finding What We Lost: R' Simlai taught the following Baraita about the developing Jewish child in his mother's womb (Niddah 30b): ונר דלוק לו על ראשו וצופה ומביט מסוף העולם ועד סופו...ואין לך ימים שאדם שרוי בטובה יותר מאותן הימים...ומלמדין אותו כל התורה כולה...וכיון שבא לאויר העולם בא מלאך
- [A Worm, Drippings of a Honeycomb and Men of Faith](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/a-worm-drippings-of-a-honeycomb-and-men-of-faith/) - Rosh Hashanah and Breaking the Power of Imagination: Good things come in threes: three patriarchs (Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya'akov), three mochin [spiritual brains] (chochmah, binah and da'at), three kinds of seichel [intellect] (potential, actualized and acquired), three lower aspects of the Jewish soul (nefesh, ruach and neshamah), three 'garments', i.e. manifestations, of the soul (machshavah
- [How to Make Your Obstacles Disappear](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-to-make-obstacles-disappear/) - The Importance of Desire: Born into American slavery in 1856, Booker T. Washington was freed at the age of 9 when U.S. Troops, arriving the area in which he lived, enforced President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Teaching himself to read, he devoured every book he could get his hands on. He supported himself and paid for
- [Lot and the Valley of Weeping](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/lot-and-the-valley-of-weeping/) - How a Secret Message in Lecha Dodi Can Transform Your Life: Have you ever felt like your life was a complete mess, that everything you relied upon to create stability and order in your world had been turned completely upside down, overturned in some type of cataclysmic upheaval? You know what we're talking about, chas
- [Make Me Tasty Treats That I Love](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/make-me-tasty-treats-that-i-love/) - The Secret of Eiver Min ha-Chai: We know the story. Yitzchak Avinu called for his eldest son to come to him (Bereshit 27:1). After he arrived, Yitzchak told Esav that he was approaching the day of his death (27:2), although he didn't know exactly when it would come, and that he wanted him to go
- [The Right and the Left of the Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-right-and-the-left-of-the-torah/) - Learning Torah Lishmah vs. Lo-Lishmah: As a post-script to our essay Cunning: Skill to Achieve One's Goals by Deceit, Rav Sheishet taught (Shabbat 63a): מַאי דִכְתִיב ״אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאלָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד״ אֶלָּא בִּימִינָהּ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים אִיכָּא, עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד לֵיכָּא?! אֶלָּא: לַמַּיְימִינִין בָּהּ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים אִיכָּא, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן עוֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד. לַמַּשְׂמְאִילִים בָּהּ עוֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד אִיכָּא,
- [War or Peace: It’s Our Choice](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/war-or-peace-its-our-choice/) - On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C. that many historians believe helped seal his fate in Dealey Plaza on that infamous day of November 22 later that year. What did he say that was so unacceptable and inappropriate that it may have fueled the
- [To Increase the Honor of Hashem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-increase-the-honor-of-hashem/) - It is written in the Gemara (Eruvin 13b): כׇּל הַמְחַזֵּר עַל הַגְּדוּלָּה גְּדוּלָּה בּוֹרַחַת מִמֶּנּוּ וְכׇל הַבּוֹרֵחַ מִן הַגְּדוּלָּה גְּדוּלָּה מְחַזֶּרֶת אַחֲרָיו (Anyone who pursues gedulah, gedulah will flee from him, and anyone who flees from gedulah, gedulah will pursue him). What exactly is gedulah? It is honor [כבוד, kavod], authority, rulership, dominion, power, etc.
- [To Rebuke or Not to Rebuke: That is the Question](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/to-rebuke-or-not-to-rebuke-that-is-the-question/) - We all know that the Torah instructs us to offer appropriate correction when we witness a fellow Jew behaving in a way contrary to the teachings of the Torah, as it is written (Vayikra 19:17): לֹא־תִשְׂנָא אֶת־אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא (You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall
- [Finding Your Shidduch: Bikkurim and Basar b’Chalav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/finding-your-shidduch-bikkurim-and-basar-bchalav/) - Part 1: Defining the Problem (Tikkunei Zohar 14) The orthodox Jewish world is in the midst of a crisis, a crisis of not being able to find one’s marriage partner [shidduch]. Many young men and women are either not dating, or even if they are dating, they are having a difficult time finding that ‘perfect
- [Finding Your Shidduch: Rectifying Adam](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/finding-your-shidduch-rectifying-adam/) - Part 3: The Lights of the Supernal Aleph (Likutei Moharan 6:5) This is the third article in our series focused on finding one’s zivug in today’s world. To recap, the first article explained that the root of the problem is related to the widespread difficulty that [young] men today have in being shomer brit. When
- [Recipe for Consistent Growth](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/recipe-for-consistent-growth/) - When you hear the word teshuvah, what do you think about? Perhaps the first ideas to come to mind are that it means to repent or to return to Hashem and His ways. We could add the notion of moving from being far away to being closer to Hashem. Maybe it is associated with becoming
- [For Men’s Eyes Only](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/for-mens-eyes-only/) - When writing about the importance of reciting the Shema morning and evening, we often focus on the first verse that declares the oneness of G‑d, i.e. Hashem echad. However, in this article we’re going to focus on a verse in the third paragraph (Bamidbar 15:39): וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְצִיצִת וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת־כׇּל־מִצְוֺת יְיָ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם
- [How the World of Truth will Emerge](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-the-world-of-truth-will-emerge/) - The time was early February 1981. The location was the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing of the White House, not far from the Cabinet Room. President Ronald Reagan asked William Casey, the newly-appointed Director of the CIA, what he considered was his primary role as head of that agency. Barbara Honegger, assistant to the
- [The King Who Causes Death](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-king-who-causes-death/) - As is known, the first three berachot of the Shemoneh Esreh form a set which relate the praise of Hashem for His three fundamental attributes of chesed (love, giving and kindness), gevurah (justice, strictness and self-restraint) and tiferet (beauty, harmony, truth, mercy and holiness). It is also known that these three berachot correspond to the
- [The Great Reset vs. the Great Awakening](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-great-reset-vs-the-great-awakening/) - A couple of weeks ago, we were having a conversation at the Shabbat table that centered on the question, If you had the opportunity to go back in time to when you were 18 years old and live your life over again, but with the advantage that you would be able to retain all of
- [Mashiach’s Weapon of War](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/mashiachs-weapon-of-war/) - How does Mashiach fight his wars? And by extension, how should we fight our battles? It is taught (Likutei Moharan 2:1): אִיתָא בְּסִפְרָא דִּצְנִיעוּתָא מִנּוּקְבָא דְּפַרְדַּשְׂקָא מָשַׁךְ רוּחָא דְּחַיֵּי לִמְשִׁיחָא כִּי עִקַּר כְּלֵי זֵינוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ הוּא הַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת חֹטֶם כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וּתְהִלָּתִי אֶחֱטָם לָךְ וּמִשָּׁם עִקַּר חִיּוּתוֹ וְכָל מִלְחַמְתּוֹ שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה וְכָל הַכְּבִישׁוֹת שֶׁיִּכְבֹּשׁ
- [Imitating Our Creator](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/imitating-our-creator/) - It is a well known principle in the Torah that a Jew must imitate his Creator. The Rambam codifies this in Sefer ha-Mitzvot (Mitzvot Aseh 8): היא שצונו להדמות בו יתעלה כפי היכולת (It is that He commanded us to imitate Him, may He be exalted, according to our ability). It is also taught in
- [Doors in the Dark](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/doors-in-the-dark/) - Likutei Moharan 9 and the Light of Chanukah In last week’s issue of The Shoemaker Report, we learned about the halachah of placing the Chanukah light within ten tefachim of the ground. Since we are still basking in the light of the days of Chanukah, let’s take the time to learn the meaning behind another
- [Repairing the Breaches in the Fence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/repairing-the-breaches-in-the-fence/) - The Essence of Kedushah and Swords of Iron In the past few articles, we explained the fundamental distinction between good and bad and the importance of having emunah. We also learned that we have the power to create angels by learning Torah, observing mitzvot and doing acts of kindness. These angels are our allies. They
- [The Light of the Tzaddik](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-light-of-the-tzaddik/) - A Teaching on Likutei Halachot Orach Chaim Chanukah 2 Many laws exist pertaining to the lighting of the menorah during Chanukah. Let’s focus on just one halachah (Shabbat 21b): אָמַר רָבִינָא מִשּׁוּם דְּרַבָּה: זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת נֵר חֲנוּכָּה מִצְוָה לְהַנִּיחָהּ בְּתוֹךְ עֲשָׂרָה (Ravina said in the name of Rabbah, ‘This is to say, it is a
- [Is the Goal Just to be Yotzi a Mitzvah?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/is-the-goal-just-to-be-yotzi-a-mitzvah/) - Regarding the meaning of the words וּלְחֹשְׁבֵי שְׁמוֹ (and for those who thought about His name) from Malachi 3:16, Rav Ashi taught (Berachot 6a): חָשַׁב אָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת מִצְוָה וְנֶאֱנַס וְלֹא עֲשָׂאָהּ מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִילּוּ עֲשָׂאָהּ (If a person thought to do a mitzvah but was prevented against his will, and he didn't do it,
- [What the Debate Was Really About](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/what-the-debate-was-really-about/) - The Brothers Ate Eiver Min ha-Chai? When beginning the story of Yosef, the Torah tells us (Bereshit 37:2): וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם (And Yosef brought their defamation to their father). Much has been written about how the brothers defamed Yosef, but what was at the root of their disagreement with him? Rashi lists three
- [What's My Money Got To Do With It?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/whats-my-money-got-to-do-with-it/) - We discovered from our last article entitled Learning to Shoot Straight that perfect, whole tefillah is acquired through personal purity and tzedakah, i.e. the giving of charity.Therefore, if we want to remove the impediments that inhibit or limit our tefillot, we should learn how to purify ourselves and how to reduce our craving for money.
- [Rabbi Akiva's Night in the Field](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/rabbi-akivas-night-in-the-field/) - Orach Chaim 230:5 and the Meaning of Real Emunah We often talk about the importance of having faith [emunah] but do we really understand what it means? Pause for a few moments and ask yourself. Don't just think about an answer, put your understanding into actual words. Speak it aloud, and try to use simple
- [Who is Mashiach?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/who-is-mashiach/) - We are all well acquainted with Rambam’s 7th article of Jewish faith, poetically rendered in our siddurim as: אֲנִי מַאֲמִין בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה שֶׁנְּבוּאַת משֶׁה רַבֵּֽנוּ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם הָיְתָה אֲמִתִּית וְשֶׁהוּא הָיָה אָב לַנְּבִיאִים לַקּוֹדְמִים לְפָנָיו וְלַבָּאִים אַחֲרָיו (I believe with complete faith [emunah] that the prophecy of Moshe Rabbeinu [our Teacher], may peace be upon
- [Molech and Forbidden Relations](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/molech-and-forbidden-relations/) - As of the result of a leaked draft majority opinion of an ongoing U.S. Supreme Court case (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization) suggesting that the high court may strike down the infamous Roe v. Wade decision which established a constitutional right to an abortion, the controversy of societal acceptance of abortion as birth control
- [Covid, Splitting the Sea and Gan Eden](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/covid-splitting-the-sea-and-gan-eden/) - Many civilizations and religions over the course of history have taught that the world, including man, is composed of four fundamental elements (sometimes called foundations or forces): fire, earth, air and water. Although perhaps not well known to everyone, these four foundations are also important in Jewish tradition (אש, עפר, רוח and מים). In recent
- [I'm Black, but Beautiful](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/im-black-but-beautiful/) - How the Mishkan Was Built In what is perhaps his most well-known lesson in Likutei Moharan, R' Nachman of Breslov explains the importance of looking for, and finding (!), the good points in every Jew, even in someone we might consider a rasha (see L.M. 282). He also teaches there the necessity of looking for
- [The Erev Rav Also Went Up With Them](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-erev-rav-also-went-up-with-them/) - The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 1) R' Yirmeyah ben Elazar taught (Eruvin 18b): כָּל אוֹתָן הַשָּׁנִים שֶׁהָיָה אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּנִידּוּי הוֹלִיד רוּחִין וְשֵׁידִין וְלִילִין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ״ מִכְּלָל דְּעַד הָאִידָּנָא לָאו כְּצַלְמוֹ אוֹלֵיד (All the years that Adam ha-Rishon was in [self-imposed] isolation [from Chavah], he fathered
- [How to Blot Out the Memory of Amalek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-to-blot-out-the-memory-of-amalek/) - The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 2) In last week's article, The Erev Rav Also Went Up With Them, we learned a number of important points related to the Erev Rav and their relationship to B'nei Yisrael. First, the worship of the golden calf was instigated by a group of converts from Egypt known
- [The Real Meaning of Chevlei Mashiach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-real-meaning-of-chevlei-mashiach/) - How Machloket Not for the Sake of Heaven Serves a Higher Purpose In last few articles from The Shoemaker Report we have taken the time to explain teachings from the Zohar ha-Kadosh and from the Vilna Gaon that state unequivocally that one of the worst sins we could become involved in, chas v'shalom, is the
- [Revealing a Tefach and Covering a Tefach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/revealing-a-tefach-and-covering-a-tefach/) - The Secret Kavanah of Brit Milah (Part 1) We accept the mitzvah of brit milah without question. Even some of the outwardly less-observant members of our nation, for example, those who desecrate the kedushah of Shabbat without even the slightest pang of conscience, would never imagine not performing brit milah on behalf of their eight-day
- [On the Origin of Hide and Seek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/on-the-origin-of-hide-and-seek/) - Pesach is just around the corner and all of our thoughts turn to redemption—the ten plagues of deliverance, the exodus from Mitzraim, the splitting of the sea, the annihilation of our oppressors and enemies, arrival at Har Sinai, the unity of the nation encamped at the foot of the mountain, etc. We were in a
- [Does War Exempt Us from Simchah?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/does-war-exempt-us-from-simchah/) - A Practical Strategy to Survive the Darkness Let's be honest. No matter who we are or what we do, the war is taking its toll on us, sucking away our vitality. Many of us are sad or depressed. Grief, despair, worry, and sleepless nights are all on the rise. We are either directly suffering from
- [The Source of Novel Torah Insights](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-source-of-novel-torah-insights/) - From where do novel insights of the Torah [חדושי תורה, chidushei Torah] come? On the one hand, there are those of us who merit to study Torah day and night yet rarely come up with (or ‘are given’) chidushim. On the other hand, there are those of us who even though we may not merit
- [Where Have All the Tears Gone?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/where-have-all-the-tears-gone/) - Can you remember when tears flowed freely on Tisha b’Av or on Yom Kippur? If not, have you ever heard stories of how even just one or two generations ago almost every Jew could cry and cry on such days? To paraphrase the lyrics of an iconic Pete Seeger song, “Where have all the tears
- [The Secret of the Vav Ketiah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-secret-of-the-vav-ketiah/) - We know the story. Balak hired Bilaam to curse Yisrael but was unsuccessful because Bilaam was permitted only to speak blessings upon Yisrael. Nevertheless, Bilaam devised a plan, which he knew that if it succeeded, destruction would come upon Yisrael from Hashem himself (see Sanhedrin 106a for details). The succinct summary is provided in Bemidbar
- [Beware the Majority Reports](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/beware-the-majority-report/) - It has become a popular saying, often attributed to Mark Twain (although there is no known source that he ever said it) that, 'If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed, but if you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.' If true, we would seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place, in
- [Zelenskyy, Putin and Purim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/zelenskyy-putin-and-purim/) - Since Russian military forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, people all around the world have been inundated with news of the latest developments in this terrible war. Each side is doing its utmost to frame its position in the conflict in righteousness while characterizing the other position in wickedness, duplicity and aggression. Truth is
- [The Nature of Nature](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-nature-of-nature/) - One of the most pervasive ideas that emerged from the Darwinian revolution and that still continues to influence the consciousness of man, is the belief that nature is fundamentally a struggle for existence, a survival of the fittest. Most of us accept this explanation of the workings of the natural world without ever considering its
- [The Need for Accurate Thinking](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-need-for-accurate-thinking/) - How do we know that anything we think we know is correct? Ask that question to one of your friends you will probably receive a very confused look. But, seriously, stop right now and think about it. How do we really know? Above all, keep in mind that the perceptions that we have of our
- [The Greatest Decision You Can Make](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-greatest-decision-you-can-make/) - Building the Mishkan: from Descent to Ascent In the beginning of Parashat Terumah, Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu to instruct B'nei Yisrael to bring donations of various materials in order to construct a sanctuary for Him to dwell in (Shemot 25:8): וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם (And they shall make for Me a Mishkan, and I
- [Just How Powerful is Your G-d?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/just-how-powerful-is-your-g-d/) - A 'Thought Journey' to Expand One's Awe of G-d In Parashat Beshalach, we read about the splitting of the Yam Suf, a miracle that demonstrated Hashem's powers probably more than any other miracle He ever performed. Granted, most of us have not personally witnessed miracles like that where the laws of nature were completely suspended;
- [The Final Geulah and Your Personal Hall of Mirrors](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-final-geulah-and-your-personal-hall-of-mirrors/) - Seeing the Points of Good in Each Jew The story is told of the Tanna Elisha ben Avuyah who abandoned the ways of Hashem and became the heretic whom they called 'Acher' ['Other']. We won't go into the details of how he became a heretic for those who are interested can read the entire account
- [They Found One Sealed Flask of Oil](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/they-found-one-sealed-flask-of-oil/) - The Meaning Behind the Miracles of Chanukah Three kinds of intelligence [שֵּׂכֶל, seichel] are capable of illuminating the mind of man. The lowest level corresponds to what each and every one of us is capable of achieving on his own provided that he goes through a normal step by step learning process. Of course, it
- [The Valley of Achor for a Petach Tikvah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-valley-of-achor-for-a-petach-tikvah/) - How One Man's Sin Led to the Death of 36 Soldiers We are living through the greatest time of trouble experienced by Yaakov in over 75 years (and in certain respects, the most dangerous time that we have ever experienced on a global level), as it is written (Yirmeyahu 30:7): הוֹי כִּי גָדוֹל הַיּוֹם הַהוּא
- [The Only Way to Eliminate Terrorists](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-only-way-to-eliminate-terrorists/) - Sichot ha-Ran 89 and Swords of Iron In last week's article entitled Men May be Created Equal, but Angels are Not, we expounded upon two major teachings contained in our holy Torah. The first teaching was from Pirkei Avot 4:11 which states that anyone who does a mitzvah acquires for himself an angelic advocate or
- [Men May be Created Equal, but Angels are Not](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/men-may-be-created-equal-but-angels-are-not/) - Likutei Moharan 20 and Swords of Iron After Yaakov Avinu left Lavan, he went, as the expression goes, from the frying pan into the fire. His destiny was to come face to face with his brother Esav. Knowing that this was his destiny, he sent messengers to Esav (Bereshit 32:4): וַיִּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב מַלְאָכִים לְפָנָיו אֶל־עֵשָׂו
- [It's Time to Stop Being a Patsy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/its-time-to-stop-being-a-patsy/) - After Lee Harvey Oswald was taken into custody for allegedly shooting President John F. Kennedy, he was asked if he shot the president. He responded, “No sir, I didn't shoot anybody...I'm just a patsy.” What is a patsy? A patsy is a victim of deception, a person easily cheated or fooled, or as we say
- [The Hands of G-d During the Exodus](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-hands-of-g-d-during-the-exodus/) - It is taught in Kabbalah that Hashem has three hands: יָד הַגְּדוֹלָה [yad ha-gedolah, the great hand], יָד הַחֲזָקָה [yad ha-chazakah, the strong hand], and יַד הָרָמָה [yad ha-ramah, the exalted hand]. What are these hands? They are spiritual lights, i.e. the sefirot in the upper world of Atzilut. Yad ha-gedolah corresponds to chesed on
- [The Three Hands of Hashem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-three-hands-of-hashem/) - A number of months ago, a friend of mine asked me why some people (such as 'yours truly') clap from time to time during davening, even during Shemoneh Esreh itself. At the time, I didn't give him much of an answer as I was caught off guard and didn't have sufficient knowledge at my fingertips.
- [The Double-Edged Sword of Gevurah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/the-double-edged-sword-of-gevurah/) - As is known, ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘middle’ aspects exist in the structure of the Supernal Lights, i.e. the sefirot in the world of Atzilut. The right side descends from chochmah ('wisdom') and is dominated by chesed (loving-kindness, giving), the left side descends from binah ('understanding') and is dominated by gevurah (severity, strictness, judgment, self-restraint), and
- [Are you Ready for True Freedom?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/are-you-ready-for-true-freedom/) - Everyone speaks of it. Some people yearn for it; some people might even be willing to sacrifice their lives for it. But how many of us really know what it is? What are we speaking about? Freedom. Much has been written about it, but it still seems to elude us in many ways. Is it
- [Speaking Truth to Power...Really?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/speaking-truth-to-powerreally/) - We hear a lot these days about ‘speaking truth to power,’ i.e. a phrase connoting the necessity for people to stand up for what they believe is right or needed and to tell people who are perceived as being ‘in charge’ what’s what, whether the powers that be want to hear such truth or not.
- [Good, Good, Good...Good Vibrations](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/good-good-goodgood-vibrations/) - Three basic types of motion exist for objects in the universe: translation, rotation and vibration. Translation refers to movement from one position to another position and rotation refers to a spinning movement around a given position. Neither one of these two types of motion is essential. We can fix objects in place so they don’t
- [Are We Really Just ‘Hackable Animals’?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/are-we-really-just-hackable-animals/) - In the 1980s, a team of neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco led by Benjamin Libet published numerous papers interpreted by many, including Libet himself, as demonstrating that our brains initiate conscious voluntary movements as well as the will to move before we are consciously aware of the will to move. As Libet
- [Four Dimensions, Teshuvah and Time Travel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/four-dimensions-teshuvah-and-time-travel/) - All of us are familiar with the three basic dimensions of space: length, width and height. Some of us are even aware that in some way or another (incomprehensible to most of us) Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity treats time as a dimension on par with the three dimensions of space being unified with
- [Dancing with the Devil to Dance with Hashem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/dancing-with-the-devil-to-dance-with-hashem/) - Describing the time in the future when Mashiach will reign, David ha-Melech expressed a beautiful thought simply and eloquently (Tehillim 149:3): יְהַלְלוּ שְׁמוֹ בְמָחוֹל בְּתֹף וְכִנּוֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לוֹ (Let them praise His name with a circle-dance; with tambourine and with lyre let them make music to Him). Let us understand why dancing is the primary expression
- [How Transparent is Your Aspaklaria?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-transparent-is-your-aspaklaria/) - Upon seeing a skull floating on the water, Hillel said (Pirkei Avot 2:7): עַל דַּאֲטֵפְתְּ אַטְפוּךְ וְסוֹף מְטִיפַיִךְ יְטוּפוּן (Because you drowned others, they drowned you, and eventually those that drowned you will be drowned). He was teaching with a real-life example what the prophet Yeshaya said many years earlier (Yeshaya 3:11): אוֹי לְרָשָׁע רָע
- [Seeing the Light in the Darkness](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/seeing-the-light-in-the-darkness/) - In a recent article How Transparent is Your Aspaklaria? we explained how מידה כנגד מידה [middah k’neged middah] is a gift from the Holy One blessed be He. If we pay attention, especially to the ‘negative’ or unpleasant things that happen to us, we should be able to understand the deficiencies, shortcomings and weaknesses in
- [Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star...](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/twinkle-twinkle-little-star/) - Something came up in my life recently that caused me to ask the following: Have I ever done anything in my life that was done for someone else without any ulterior motives on my part, without even a trace of self-interest? After searching and searching, I found nothing. I couldn’t recall a single instance when
- [Don’t Worry, You’re Not Going to Die](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/dont-worry-youre-not-going-to-die/) - In the previous issue of The Shoemaker Report, in the article entitled The Primordial Criminal Mastermind we explored the essence of the sin of Adam ha-Rishon [אדם הראשון, Primordial Man] and discovered that he relied on his “superior” intellectual prowess to try to out-think Hashem. Instead of obeying the explicit command not to eat from
- [Length Contraction, Place and Prayer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/length-contraction-place-and-prayer/) - In our last issue, we explored the Torah of time dilation, not only as a consequence of special relativity but more importantly, as a consequence of expanded consciousness or intellect [seichal]. In this issue, we will look at the Torah of length contraction, another major consequence of special relativity. Avraham sent his servant Eliezer on
- [Do You Really Want World Peace?](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/do-you-really-want-world-peace/) - In the final words of Sefer Zecharyah, prophesying about a time in the future when the Holy Temple will be rebuilt in its place in the holy city of Yerushalayim, we read something most peculiar (Zecharyah 14:21): וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה כְנַעֲנִי עוֹד בְּבֵית־יְיָ צְבָקוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא (And in that day, there will no longer be a Canaanite
- [How to Master Learning Torah for its Own Sake](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/how-to-master-learning-torah-for-its-own-sake/) - It is taught in the Gemara that David ha-Melech made it his habit to wake up at midnight and engage in Torah until the break of dawn (Berachot 3b): אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן חֲסִידָא כִּנּוֹר הָיָה תָּלוּי לְמַעְלָה מִמִּטָּתוֹ שֶׁל דָּוִד וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ חֲצוֹת לַיְלָה בָּא רוּחַ צְפוֹנִית וְנוֹשֶׁבֶת בּוֹ וּמְנַגֵּן מֵאֵלָיו מִיָּד הָיָה עוֹמֵד וְעוֹסֵק
- [Making Peace in Our Heights](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/making-peace-in-our-heights/) - Why There's No Peace in the World and What We Can Do About It With a major war raging in Europe, the USA weakening and becoming more dysfunctional by the day, and China acting more aggressively than it has in recent history, it is no wonder that many people are becoming concerned of a major
- [There is Mercy, and There is Mercy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/reports/there-is-mercy-and-there-is-mercy/) - The second berachah of the Shemoneh Esreh, the one that praises G‑d for His attribute of gevurah [strictness, judgment, self-restraint, etc.], opens with these words: אַתָּה גִבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָ­­‑י מְחַיֶּה מֵתִים אַתָּה רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ...מְכַלְכֵּל חַיִּים בְּחֶסֶד מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים בְּרַחֲמִים רַבִּים (You are always mighty, Adon-ai, You resurrect the dead, abundant to effect salvation, You sustain

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- [Hester Panim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hester-panim/)
- [Holocaust](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/holocaust/)
- [Shoah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shoah/)
- [Tisha B'Av](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tisha-bav/)
- [Anger](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/anger/)
- [Parnasah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parnasah/)
- [Money](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/money/)
- [Repentance](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/repentance/)
- [Bitul](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bitul/)
- [King](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/king/)
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rosh-hashanah/)
- [Abortion](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/abortion/)
- [Molech](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/molech/)
- [Roe v Wade](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/roe-v-wade/)
- [Hegel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hegel/)
- [Baal ha-Tanya](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/baal-ha-tanya/)
- [Iggeret ha-Kodesh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/iggeret-ha-kodesh/)
- [Shulchan Aruch](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shulchan-aruch/)
- [Orach Chaim 230](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/orach-chaim-230/)
- [Rabbi Akiva](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rabbi-akiva/)
- [Nachum Ish Gamzu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nachum-ish-gamzu/)
- [Song](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/song/)
- [Hallel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hallel/)
- [Geulah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/geulah/)
- [Redemption](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/redemption/)
- [Rinah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rinah/)
- [Niggun](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/niggun/)
- [Angels](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/angels/)
- [Malachim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/malachim/)
- [Holiness](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/holiness/)
- [Kedushah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kedushah/)
- [Sichot ha-Ran](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sichot-ha-ran/)
- [Hamas](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hamas/)
- [Terrorist](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/terrorist/)
- [Tzniut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzniut/)
- [Tanya](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tanya/)
- [mashcha d'chivya](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mashcha-dchivya/)
- [physical body](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/physical-body/)
- [Yetzer ha-Ra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yetzer-ha-ra/)
- [Iron Swords](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/iron-swords/)
- [Yericho](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yericho/)
- [Jericho](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/jericho/)
- [Valley of Achor](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/valley-of-achor/)
- [Petach Tikvah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/petach-tikvah/)
- [Achan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/achan/)
- [Yaakov](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yaakov/)
- [Gid Hanasheh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gid-hanasheh/)
- [Sitra Achra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sitra-achra/)
- [Samech Mem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/samech-mem/)
- [Esav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/esav/)
- [Likutei Halachot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/likutei-halachot/)
- [Chanukah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chanukah/)
- [Rav Natan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rav-natan/)
- [Philosophy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/philosophy/)
- [Heresy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/heresy/)
- [Greek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/greek/)
- [Wisdom](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/wisdom/)
- [Sifra di'Tzniuta](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sifra-ditzniuta/)
- [Makifim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/makifim/)
- [Transcendent](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/transcendent/)
- [Menorah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/menorah/)
- [Shefa Eloki](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shefa-eloki/)
- [Face](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/face/)
- [Tefillin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tefillin/)
- [Dinah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/dinah/)
- [Shechem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shechem/)
- [Rambam](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rambam/)
- [Shimon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shimon/)
- [Levi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/levi/)
- [Daat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/daat/)
- [Da'at](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/daat-2/)
- [Chochmah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chochmah/)
- [Binah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/binah/)
- [Adam](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/adam/)
- [Eitz Chaim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eitz-chaim/)
- [Tree of Life](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tree-of-life/)
- [Good](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/good/)
- [Evil](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/evil/)
- [Mochin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mochin/)
- [Galut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/galut/)
- [Darkness](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/darkness/)
- [Halachah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/halachah/)
- [Mikveh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mikveh/)
- [Chatzot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chatzot/)
- [Chofetz Chaim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chofetz-chaim/)
- [Likutei Amarim 10](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/likutei-amarim-10/)
- [Self-Nullification](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/self-nullification/)
- [Tikkun Chatzot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tikkun-chatzot/)
- [Midnight Prayer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/midnight-prayer/)
- [Churban](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/churban/)
- [Beit ha-Mikdash](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/beit-ha-mikdash/)
- [R' Meir](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/r-meir/)
- [Elisha ben Avuyah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/elisha-ben-avuyah/)
- [Acher](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/acher/)
- [Rabbah bar Shila](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rabbah-bar-shila/)
- [Shidduch](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shidduch/)
- [Bikkurim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bikkurim/)
- [Basar b'Chalav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/basar-bchalav/)
- [Zivug](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/zivug/)
- [Disgrace](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/disgrace/)
- [Sefirot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sefirot/)
- [Insult](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/insult/)
- [Silence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/silence/)
- [Chizkiyahu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chizkiyahu/)
- [Time Travel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/time-travel/)
- [Bechirah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bechirah/)
- [Free Will](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/free-will/)
- [Yuval Hariri](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yuval-hariri/)
- [Keter](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/keter/)
- [Bread of Shame](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bread-of-shame/)
- [Destiny](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/destiny/)
- [David ha-Melech](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/david-ha-melech/)
- [Fate](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/fate/)
- [Invictus](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/invictus/)
- [Spacetime](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/spacetime/)
- [String Theory](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/string-theory/)
- [Yam Suf](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yam-suf/)
- [Miracles](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/miracles/)
- [Parashat Beshalach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-beshalach/)
- [Matan Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/matan-torah/)
- [R' Yosi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/r-yosi/)
- [Chayei Moharan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chayei-moharan/)
- [Sefer Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sefer-torah/)
- [Kavod](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kavod/)
- [Mishkan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mishkan/)
- [Yeridah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yeridah/)
- [Aliyah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/aliyah/)
- [Erev Rav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/erev-rav/)
- [Mixed Multitude](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mixed-multitude/)
- [Adam ha-Rishon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/adam-ha-rishon/)
- [Nefilim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nefilim/)
- [Gibborim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gibborim/)
- [Anakin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/anakin/)
- [Refa'im](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/refaim/)
- [Amalekim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/amalekim/)
- [Machloket](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/machloket/)
- [Vilna Gaon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vilna-gaon/)
- [Aderet Eliyahu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/aderet-eliyahu/)
- [Amalek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/amalek/)
- [Shema](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shema/)
- [Tikkun ha-Klali](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tikkun-ha-klali/)
- [Smartphones](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/smartphones/)
- [Lilit](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lilit/)
- [Talmid Chacham](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/talmid-chacham/)
- [Chevlei Mashiach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chevlei-mashiach/)
- [Epikoros](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/epikoros/)
- [Brit Milah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/brit-milah/)
- [Seraphim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/seraphim/)
- [Tefach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tefach/)
- [Amah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/amah/)
- [Dibbur](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/dibbur/)
- [Nachash](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nachash/)
- [Wings](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/wings/)
- [Puch](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/puch/)
- [Shemirat Einayim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shemirat-einayim/)
- [Nofech](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nofech/)
- [Fear](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/fear/)
- [Yirah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yirah/)
- [Heel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/heel/)
- [Shir](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shir/)
- [Shofar](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shofar/)
- [Yosef](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yosef/)
- [Anavah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/anavah/)
- [Peace](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/peace/)
- [Litvak](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/litvak/)
- [Chasid](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chasid/)
- [R' Akiva](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/r-akiva/)
- [Klipot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/klipot/)
- [Prophecy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/prophecy/)
- [Nevuah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nevuah/)
- [Murder](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/murder/)
- [Niuf](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/niuf-2/)
- [Pardes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pardes/)
- [Limud Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/limud-torah/)
- [Night](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/night/)
- [Lishma](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lishma/)
- [Honor](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/honor/)
- [Business](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/business/)
- [Akeidah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/akeidah/)
- [Avraham](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/avraham/)
- [Yitzchak](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yitzchak/)
- [Relativity](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/relativity/)
- [Patience](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/patience/)
- [Einstein](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/einstein/)
- [Reshimu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/reshimu/)
- [Chiddushim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chiddushim/)
- [Suffering](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/suffering/)
- [Golden Calf](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/golden-calf/)
- [Aharon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/aharon/)
- [Zuhama](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/zuhama/)
- [Chavah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chavah/)
- [Serpent](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/serpent/)
- [Aspaklaria](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/aspaklaria/)
- [Henley](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/henley/)
- [Yechezkel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yechezkel/)
- [Ratzo v'Shov](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ratzo-vshov/)
- [Nadav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nadav/)
- [Avihu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/avihu/)
- [Korach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/korach/)
- [Depression](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/depression/)
- [Truth](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/truth/)
- [COVID](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/covid/)
- [Earth](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/earth/)
- [Fire](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/fire/)
- [Wind](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/wind/)
- [Water](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/water/)
- [Freedom](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/freedom/)
- [Cherut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/cherut/)
- [Luchot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/luchot/)
- [Knowledge](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/knowledge/)
- [Science](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/science/)
- [Senses](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/senses/)
- [Thinking](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/thinking/)
- [Darwin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/darwin/)
- [Nature](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nature/)
- [Competition](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/competition/)
- [Malthus](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/malthus/)
- [Ukraine](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ukraine/)
- [Putin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/putin/)
- [Russia](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/russia/)
- [Haman](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/haman/)
- [Mordechai](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mordechai/)
- [Purim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/purim/)
- [Planck](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/planck/)
- [Time](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/time/)
- [Quanta](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/quanta/)
- [Divine Providence](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/divine-providence/)
- [Kabbalah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kabbalah/)
- [Yehoshua](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yehoshua/)
- [Joshua](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/joshua/)
- [Givon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/givon/)
- [Gibeon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gibeon/)
- [Sun](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sun/)
- [Moon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/moon/)
- [Eldad](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eldad/)
- [Megaleh Amukot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/megaleh-amukot/)
- [Zimri](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/zimri/)
- [Cozbi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/cozbi/)
- [Mei ha-Shiloach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mei-ha-shiloach/)
- [Tzidkat ha-Tzedek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzidkat-ha-tzedek/)
- [Gilgulim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gilgulim/)
- [Reincarnation](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/reincarnation/)
- [Iyov](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/iyov/)
- [Turnus Rufus](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/turnus-rufus/)
- [Soulmates](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/soulmates/)
- [Chesed L'Avraham](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chesed-lavraham/)
- [Chen](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chen/)
- [Seichel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/seichel/)
- [Malchut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/malchut/)
- [Tzimtzum](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzimtzum/)
- [Yoav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yoav/)
- [Ma'arat ha-Machpelah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/maarat-ha-machpelah/)
- [Yerushalayim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yerushalayim/)
- [Yevus](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yevus/)
- [Pirkei d'Rabbi Eliezer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pirkei-drabbi-eliezer/)
- [Punishment](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/punishment/)
- [Tzedek](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzedek/)
- [Justice](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/justice/)
- [Emet](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/emet/)
- [Simlai](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/simlai/)
- [Lost](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lost/)
- [Forgotten](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/forgotten/)
- [Imagination](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/imagination/)
- [Tzedakah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzedakah/)
- [Miniot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/miniot/)
- [Obstacles](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/obstacles/)
- [Desire](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/desire/)
- [Ratzon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ratzon/)
- [Lot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lot/)
- [Rut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rut/)
- [Orpah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/orpah/)
- [Mitzvot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mitzvot/)
- [Lecha Dodi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lecha-dodi/)
- [Gehinnom](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gehinnom/)
- [Sheol](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sheol/)
- [Hell](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hell/)
- [Shittim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shittim/)
- [Kennedy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kennedy/)
- [JFK](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/jfk/)
- [Smedley Butler](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/smedley-butler/)
- [Yishmael](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yishmael/)
- [Sarah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sarah/)
- [Eiver Min ha-Chai](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eiver-min-ha-chai/)
- [Bizyonot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bizyonot/)
- [Lavan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lavan/)
- [Deceit](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/deceit/)
- [Rav Sheishet](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rav-sheishet/)
- [Lishmah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lishmah/)
- [Lo-Lishmah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lo-lishmah/)
- [Komarno Rebbe](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/komarno-rebbe/)
- [Heichal ha-Brachah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/heichal-ha-brachah/)
- [Arayot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/arayot/)
- [Reuven](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/reuven/)
- [Bilhah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bilhah/)
- [Shoemaker](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shoemaker/)
- [Chanoch](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chanoch/)
- [Metatron](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/metatron/)
- [Vayigash](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vayigash/)
- [Midrash Rabbah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/midrash-rabbah/)
- [Midrash Tanchuma](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/midrash-tanchuma/)
- [Binyamin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/binyamin/)
- [Yehudah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yehudah/)
- [Vayechi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vayechi/)
- [Ephraim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ephraim/)
- [Menasheh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/menasheh/)
- [Menashe](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/menashe/)
- [Efraim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/efraim/)
- [Rachel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rachel/)
- [Bechorah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bechorah/)
- [Shovavim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shovavim/)
- [Shelah ha-Kadosh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shelah-ha-kadosh/)
- [Fasting](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/fasting/)
- [Ta'anit Dibbur](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/taanit-dibbur/)
- [Va'eira](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vaeira/)
- [Plagues](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/plagues/)
- [Tzeit](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzeit/)
- [Sleep](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sleep/)
- [Death](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/death/)
- [Horse](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/horse/)
- [Chur](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chur/)
- [Rephidim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rephidim/)
- [Complaint](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/complaint/)
- [Azamra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/azamra/)
- [Achdut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/achdut/)
- [Unity](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/unity/)
- [Yitro](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yitro/)
- [Pidyon Nefesh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pidyon-nefesh/)
- [Healing](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/healing/)
- [Pidyon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pidyon/)
- [Terumah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/terumah/)
- [Tetzaveh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tetzaveh/)
- [Leah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/leah/)
- [Kehunah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kehunah/)
- [Duda'im](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/dudaim/)
- [Simanim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/simanim/)
- [Parashat Vayakhel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-vayakhel/)
- [Shabbat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shabbat/)
- [Kiruv](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kiruv/)
- [Rashi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/rashi/)
- [Parashat Pekudei](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-pekudei/)
- [Parashat Vayikra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-vayikra/)
- [Mammon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mammon/)
- [Salt](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/salt/)
- [Itzavon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/itzavon/)
- [Kohen Gadol](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kohen-gadol/)
- [Yichud](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yichud/)
- [Tazria](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tazria/)
- [Mayim Nukvin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mayim-nukvin/)
- [Mayim Duchrin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mayim-duchrin/)
- [itaruta dil’eila](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/itaruta-dileila/)
- [itaruta dil'tata](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/itaruta-diltata/)
- [Theft](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/theft/)
- [Gazlan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gazlan/)
- [Chalal ha-Panui](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chalal-ha-panui/)
- [Sefirat ha-Omer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sefirat-ha-omer/)
- [Shavuot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shavuot/)
- [Pesach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pesach/)
- [Sotah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sotah-2/)
- [Minchah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/minchah/)
- [Berachot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/berachot/)
- [Shechinah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shechinah/)
- [Kaf ha-Chaim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kaf-ha-chaim/)
- [Adultery](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/adultery/)
- [Jealousy](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/jealousy/)
- [Manna](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/manna/)
- [Beha'alotecha](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/behaalotecha/)
- [Meraglim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/meraglim/)
- [Spies](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/spies/)
- [Lashon Ha-Ra](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/lashon-ha-ra/)
- [Eshkol](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eshkol/)
- [Parashat Shelach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-shelach/)
- [S'dom](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sdom/)
- [Radak](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/radak/)
- [Parashat Chukat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-chukat/)
- [Miriam's Well](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/miriams-well/)
- [Be'er](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/beer/)
- [Oral Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/oral-torah/)
- [Written Torah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/written-torah/)
- [Miriam](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/miriam/)
- [Merivah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/merivah/)
- [Wilderness of Tzin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/wilderness-of-tzin/)
- [Eglon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eglon/)
- [Moav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/moav/)
- [Bilam](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bilam/)
- [Boaz](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/boaz/)
- [Chatam Sofer](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chatam-sofer/)
- [Ehud](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ehud/)
- [Kumaz](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kumaz/)
- [Androlomusia](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/androlomusia/)
- [Memory](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/memory/)
- [Histapkut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/histapkut/)
- [Shoftim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shoftim/)
- [Bribery](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bribery/)
- [Agra d'Kallah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/agra-dkallah/)
- [Parashah Ki Teitzei](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashah-ki-teitzei/)
- [Captive](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/captive/)
- [Yefat To'ar](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yefat-toar/)
- [Tzaddikim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzaddikim/)
- [Soldiers](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/soldiers/)
- [Shimon ben Pazi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shimon-ben-pazi/)
- [Chullin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chullin/)
- [Atonement](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/atonement/)
- [Likutei Moharan 6](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/likutei-moharan-6/)
- [Shem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shem/)
- [Noach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/noach/)
- [Nefesh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nefesh/)
- [Ruach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ruach/)
- [Neshamah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/neshamah/)
- [Chayah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chayah/)
- [Yechidah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yechidah/)
- [Alshich](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/alshich/)
- [Tzelem Elokim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzelem-elokim/)
- [Terach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/terach/)
- [Haran](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/haran/)
- [Nimrod](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nimrod/)
- [Chananiah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chananiah/)
- [Mishael](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mishael/)
- [Azariah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/azariah/)
- [Yefeh To'ar](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yefeh-toar/)
- [Kuta](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kuta/)
- [Kardu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kardu/)
- [Eishel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eishel/)
- [Har ha-Bayit](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/har-ha-bayit/)
- [Temple Mount](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/temple-mount/)
- [Parashat Toledot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-toledot/)
- [Parashat Vayeitzei](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-vayeitzei/)
- [Vayishlach](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vayishlach/)
- [Vayeitzei](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/vayeitzei/)
- [Komarna](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/komarna/)
- [Potiphar's Wife](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/potiphars-wife/)
- [Arrogance](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/arrogance/)
- [Ga'avah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gaavah/)
- [Parashat Miketz](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-miketz/)
- [Efrat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/efrat/)
- [Burial](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/burial/)
- [Yosef ha-Tzaddik](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yosef-ha-tzaddik/)
- [Pharaoh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/pharaoh/)
- [Shemot Rabbah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shemot-rabbah/)
- [Exile](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/exile/)
- [Parashat Shemot](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-shemot/)
- [Mishpat](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mishpat/)
- [Ohr ha-Ganuz](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ohr-ha-ganuz/)
- [Arad](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/arad/)
- [Shas](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shas/)
- [Niddah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/niddah/)
- [Shifut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shifut/)
- [Olam ha-Ba](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/olam-ha-ba/)
- [Ben Yehoyada](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ben-yehoyada/)
- [Tefisah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tefisah/)
- [Internet](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/internet/)
- [Shekalim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/shekalim/)
- [Kol ha-Olam Kulo](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kol-ha-olam-kulo/)
- [Very Narrow Bridge](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/very-narrow-bridge/)
- [Maor Va'Shemesh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/maor-vashemesh/)
- [Ba'al ha-Turim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/baal-ha-turim/)
- [Parashat Tzav](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/parashat-tzav/)
- [Mayin Duchrin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mayin-duchrin/)
- [Mayin Nukvin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mayin-nukvin/)
- [Noam Elimelech](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/noam-elimelech/)
- [Tzara'at](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tzaraat/)
- [Zohamah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/zohamah/)
- [Matnot Kehunah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/matnot-kehunah/)
- [Maharzu](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/maharzu/)
- [Chillul Hashem](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/chillul-hashem/)
- [Bechukotai](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/bechukotai/)
- [Curses](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/curses/)
- [Keri](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/keri/)
- [Ki Tavo](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ki-tavo/)
- [Yashfeh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/yashfeh/)
- [Kedushat Levi](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kedushat-levi/)
- [Love](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/love/)
- [Eretz Yisrael](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/eretz-yisrael/)
- [Kitrug](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kitrug/)
- [Arizal](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/arizal/)
- [Hevel](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hevel/)
- [Kayin](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/kayin/)
- [Tikkun](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tikkun/)
- [Azut](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/azut/)
- [Mishnah Berurah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/mishnah-berurah/)
- [Hyssop](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/hyssop/)
- [Sheidim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sheidim/)
- [Firstborn](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/firstborn/)
- [Ben Temurah](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ben-temurah/)
- [Midian](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/midian/)
- [Ammon](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/ammon/)
- [Sasson](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/sasson/)
- [Tehillim](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tehillim/)
- [Tamar](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/tamar/)
- [Resurrection](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/resurrection/)
- [Olam ha-Zeh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/olam-ha-zeh/)
- [Dead](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/dead/)
- [Missionaries](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/missionaries/)
- [Gur Aryeh](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/gur-aryeh/)
- [Nazarenes](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/nazarenes/)
- [Iggeret Teiman](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/iggeret-teiman/)
- [Mo'ed Katan](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/moed-katan/)
- [Uman](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/uman/)
- [Breslov](https://www.theshoemakerreport.com/tags/breslov/)