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 happens when what we see becomes the whole of reality? Drawing on Parashat Ki Tavo and R' Nachman’s teachings on da’at and the tachlit, this report explores how physical sight can imprison us in suffering—and how learning to see beyond appearances reveals the deeper reality of Hashem’s goodness and love.
