Library of Weekly Reports

Divrei Torah Rooted in Breslov Chassidut

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 teshuvahprayer (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.

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

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