Collected Archive of Shoemaker Reports
The Shoemaker Report is Rav Hoshea’s weekly Torah publication. Its focus is on internalizing and living Torah from the heart, not only from the head. The divrei Torah often take the parashah of the week as their point of entry and address central questions of inner avodah — including teshuvah, prayer (tefillah), emunah, bitachon, and related areas of spiritual and personal refinement.
The writing assumes seriousness from the reader and speaks from within Torah life, with meaning emerging organically from honest analysis of our holy Torah and the words of Chazal, rather than from short-lived inspiration or simplified conclusions.
What is the difference between true humility and the kind of humility that leaves a person discouraged, passive, and unable to act? Drawing on the Gemara, Rashi, and Breslov Torah, this article explores the two spiritual meanings of dirt: the holy humility connected to techiyat ha-meitim, tefillin, and Eretz Yisrael, and the fallen humility of sadness and laziness upon which the Serpent feeds.
