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Rosner’s Torah Talk: Bereshit with Matthew Schultz

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October 14, 2020

Matthew Schultz is a writer of fiction and nonfiction and a rabbinic student at Hebrew College.His work has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading, and has been featured in various magazines.Raised in Massachusetts, Schultz graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2010, and lived in Tel Aviv for a number of years. His new book is What Came Before.

Our conversation – the first in a series of Torah Talks with rabbinic students – focuses on the creation of the world. What came before, and what happened after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5gXzpwuQH4&feature=youtu.be

 

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