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Had He satisfied our needs in the desert for forty years...: What exactly are “the needs” to which the Haggadah is referring in this statement? One of the blessings in the early morning service is, “Praised are You... who has provided me with all my needs.” We recite this blessing when putting on our shoes based on a statement in Berachot, 60b. Similarly, in Deuteronomy 29:4 we read: “I led you through the wilderness for forty year; the clothes on your back did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet ...” This leads Rabbi Epstein to conclude that “providing us with all our needs” must refer to shoes. Shoes are the most important item of clothing we wear because they protect our health and to maintain our self-respect. In Shabbat, 129a, we are told that one should sell everything he has to buy a pair of shoes. The commentator Rashbam explains that it is undignified for a person to have to go bare foot. Rabbi Epstein offers a more practical explanation for this statement. He explains that if one’s feet are cold one’s whole body will be cold as well. Shoes can, therefore, be seen as the most essential piece of clothing that one can have. Having proper protection for one’s feet is extremely important for preserving one’s health. That is why we recite this “Berachah,” “a blessing” in the morning when we put our shoes on; shoes represent “all our needs.” Since the Israelite’s shoes miraculously did not wear out in the wilderness we see that God provided the children of Israel with their most essential needs! Not only that, by the holy One also miraculously preserved this important need.