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.
R’ Nachman teaches that even a simple sigh or groan from a Jew is precious, because it has the power to replenish what is lacking in our lives. Through our attachment to the tzaddik ha-dor, that sigh draws ruach chaim—the spirit of life—into our deficiencies. Even when we cannot find the words to pray, our sighs are heard and are never wasted.
