Through Midrash and poetry, Rabbi Sager explores in evening Zoom sessions the nature of Torah given to all and Torah given to each.
“Torah From Heaven, Heaven From Torah.”
Click for text: My Father Was God and Didn’t Know It
Click for text: All Were Present at Sinai Except For One
Click for text: The Threatening Mountain and Loving Shelter
Click for text: Moses Only Once Saw God’s Face and Forgot
Amichai poem in words and music
MY FATHER WAS GOD
(Click here to read the Amichai poem,
below to listen to the poem as interpreted by
Rabbi Lizzi Heydeman)
Rabbi Steve Sager speaks at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, CA
Elijah the Prophet and Religious Imagination:
Engaging with our Tradition
Through a Reconstructionist Lens
Introduced by Rabbi Nick Renner
(Click here to read the Elijah texts, below to listen)
All Were Present at Sinai Except For One
GOD IS STEPS
(Click here to read poem, below to listen)
GOD IS LIKE A MAGICIAN
(Click here to read poem, below to listen)
JEWISH THEOLOGY
(Click here to read poem, below to listen)
Click here for the poems.
Click above for the conversation with four rabbis!
Jewish Poetry Set To Music (podcast)
Composer Dan Asia and Rabbi Steve Sager and talk about
Jewish Poetry set to music on WUNC’s “The State of Things”
Poet Yehuda Amichai is one of Israel’s most acclaimed artists. His poems explore different aspects of Jewish faith. American poet Paul Pines also examines the many components of Judaism in his work. American musical composer Dan Asia set both their works to music (performed on March 4, 2014, at Elon University). Host Frank Stasio talks with composer Dan Asia and Rabbi Steve Sager, a local expert on Yehuda Amichai.
Sicha - Continuing the Conversation 