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Engaging with Rabbi Emeritus Steve Sager

Midrash, Stories, and Poetry

Conversations with Rabbi Sager: “Doors, Doorways, And Transitions” 

Click on the bold sessions below to view a recording:
  • “Doors, Doorways, and Transitions” October 19, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Teacher In The Door” November 2, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Doors have Soul” November 16, 2020 
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “God is a Doorway” November 30, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “In Light Of The Door: The commandment of the Hanukkah light is to light it in the doorway closest to the public thoroughfare in order to publicize the miracle…” December 14, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Giving in the Doorway” December 28, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Opportunity Knocks: The Poor At The Door” January 11, 2021
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Miracles Behind the Door” February 8, 2021
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Elijah and the Messiah at the Entrance” February 22, 2021
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • UPCOMING
    “Elijah in the Doorway” March 8, 2021
    (Click here to view texts.)

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Conversations with Rabbi Sager: “Torah From Heaven, Heaven From Torah”

Click on the bold sessions below to view a recording:
  • “My Father Was God and Didn’t Know It” June 29, 2020 
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  • “All Were Present at Sinai Except For One” July 13, 2020 
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “The Threatening Mountain and Loving Shelter” July 27, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Moses Only Once Saw God’s Face and Forgot” August 10, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “Moses Received Torah from Sinai and It Became Three Things” August 24, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)
  • “A Mystical Master and a Modern Poet Receive Torah for a New Age!” September 14, 2020
    (Click here to view texts.)

About Rabbi Steven G. Sager, Rabbi Emeritus

Rabbi Sager served as Beth El’s rabbi for 32 years.  He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) and earned a Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature at Duke University. Rabbi Sager has been a teacher, rabbinic advisor and mentor for students and graduates of the RRC, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Theological Seminary and the Rabbinical School of the Boston Hebrew College. Read more.

Check the calendar for Rabbi Sager’s upcoming conversations:

March 2021

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  • HIAS Refugee Shabbat

    HIAS Refugee Shabbat

    March 5, 2021 - March 6, 2021  

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  • DurhamISH Virtual First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat

    DurhamISH Virtual First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat

    March 5, 2021  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    Join online: https://unc.zoom.us/j/91181949065
    Our hipISH haimISH jewISH community of Durham and its outer boroughs (like Raleigh and Chapel Hill) hosts lay-led Kabbalat Shabbat. Find our Facebook group or email durhamISH@gmail.com. 

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  • HIAS Refugee Shabbat

    HIAS Refugee Shabbat

    March 5, 2021 - March 6, 2021  

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  • Virtual Healing Yoga

    Virtual Healing Yoga

    March 6, 2021  9:45 am - 10:45 am
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  • HIAS Speaker

    HIAS Speaker

    March 6, 2021  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Speaker: Rachel Levitan, Vice President for International Programs, HIAS

    Join online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81116018491

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  • Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    March 7, 2021  9:30 am - 10:30 am

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  • Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    March 7, 2021  10:30 am - 11:30 am

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  • Discussions with Rabbi Sager: "Doors, Doorways, And Transitions"

    Discussions with Rabbi Sager: "Doors, Doorways, And Transitions"

    March 8, 2021  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85969946893?pwd=TWNwVHMzOGUxdHowQmJReDhQY25vdz09

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    Meeting ID: 859 6994 6893
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  • Vaad HaChinuch Meeting

    Vaad HaChinuch Meeting

    March 9, 2021  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

    Visit https://www.jewishforgood.org/book-festival for details and registration information:

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  • Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    March 14, 2021  9:30 am - 10:30 am

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  • Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    March 14, 2021  10:30 am - 11:30 am

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

    Visit https://www.jewishforgood.org/book-festival for details and registration information:

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

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  • Lunch and Learn

    Lunch and Learn

    March 18, 2021  11:30 am - 1:00 pm

    Join online:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87285080935  

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

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  • Social Action Shabbat

    Social Action Shabbat

    March 20, 2021

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  • Virtual Healing Yoga

    Virtual Healing Yoga

    March 20, 2021  9:45 am - 10:45 am
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83753662685

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    Alan Friedman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83753662685

    Meeting ID: 837 5366 2685
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    +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
    Meeting ID: 837 5366 2685
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  • Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    Virtual Jewish Authors Book Festival

    March 14, 2021 - March 21, 2021  

    Visit https://www.jewishforgood.org/book-festival for details and registration information:

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  • Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    March 21, 2021  9:00 am - 1:00 pm

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  • Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew II with Donna Goldstein

    March 21, 2021  9:30 am - 10:30 am

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  • Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein

    March 21, 2021  10:30 am - 11:30 am

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  • Discussions with Rabbi Sager: "Doors, Doorways, And Transitions"

    Discussions with Rabbi Sager: "Doors, Doorways, And Transitions"

    March 22, 2021  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85969946893?pwd=TWNwVHMzOGUxdHowQmJReDhQY25vdz09

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85969946893?pwd=TWNwVHMzOGUxdHowQmJReDhQY25vdz09

    Meeting ID: 859 6994 6893
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  • Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    March 23, 2021  3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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  • Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    Pesach in a Box: PICKUP WINDOW

    March 24, 2021  3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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  • Book Discussion: tell me how this ends well

    Book Discussion: tell me how this ends well

    March 24, 2021  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86568235430?pwd=TjcxcFNJam8zbjQwM0sxWlpVVS9Idz09

    Meeting ID: 865 6823 5430
    Passcode: 1004

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86568235430?pwd=TjcxcFNJam8zbjQwM0sxWlpVVS9Idz09

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  • Chametz Burning (Pre-Registration Required)

    Chametz Burning (Pre-Registration Required)

    March 25, 2021  5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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  • Chametz Burning (Pre-Registration Required)

    Chametz Burning (Pre-Registration Required)

    March 26, 2021  10:00 am - 11:00 am

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  • Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein (tentative)

    Hebrew I with Donna Goldstein (tentative)

    March 28, 2021  10:30 am - 11:30 am

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  • Office Closed

    Office Closed

    March 29, 2021

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Additional Resources

Rabbi Sager's Teachings on YouTube

Rabbi Sager's Short Essays

Additional Resources for Doorways and Thresholds

Recording of Sicha's 9th Annual Hevra Kaddisha Day of Learning

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