516. A Shoe

A shoe is something by which one buys a possession. The shoe is placed on the leg, and Raglaim [legs] are regarded as Meraglim [spies]. The shoe is placed on the feet, and then the legs do not hurt when they want to hold a person up, for legs mean that the person stands on his legs.

What does it mean that the legs on which a person stands will not be harmed? Also, why was it said about Moses, “Take your shoes off your feet,” if a shoe means that he is wearing the argument of the spies? And accordingly, what will be the meaning of “Take off your shoes”?

We should say that Raglecha [your legs] comes from the word Reglilut [habit/custom], meaning that which comes to a person by education. In order not to lose his education, he needs a Naal [shoe] from the word Man’ul [lock], meaning to close. However, with the quality of Moses, who is the Torah, it is the opposite, from the word Min’al [shoe/footwear], meaning that there we must throw away the shoes and accept everything in the way of the Torah.