Pinchas Aryeh Stolper (October 22, 1931 – May 25, 2022) was an American Orthodox

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and writer, who was a spokesman for Jewish Orthodoxy through his writings and books popularizing

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Biography

Stolper was a disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner at the

Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin or Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin () is an American Haredi Lithuanian-type boys' and men's yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York. The school's divisions include a preschool, a ''yeshiva ketana'' (elementary school), a ''mesivta ...

and at its Kollel Gur Aryeh in

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. He received degrees from

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and from the Graduate Faculty of the

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. He died at the age of 90 on May 25, 2022 after a prolonged illness. Stolper attended Yeshivas Chaim Berlin. Stolper was the first National Director of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) of the

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. He subsequently served for close to twenty years as the head of the Orthodox Union as its executive vice-president, retiring from that position in 2003.

Books

*''Pesach'' (NCSY, first published 1962) *''Tested Teen Age Activities'' NCSY, first published 1964) *''Revelation what Happened on Sinai?'' (NCSY, first published 1966) *''Jewish Alternatives in Love, Dating and Marriage'' (NCSY, first published 1967). Renamed
''The Sacred Trust: Love, Dating and Marriage: The Jewish View''
*''How do I Know it is Kosher'' (NCSY, first published 1968) *''Real Messiah: A Jewish Response to Missionaries'' (NCSY, first published 1976) *''Purim in a New Light: Mystery, Grandeur and Depth: Revealed through the writings of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner'' (Israel Book Shop, first published 2003)
''Living Beyond Time: The Mystery and Meaning of the Jewish Festivals''
(Shaar Press/ArtScroll, first published 2003)

(Israel Book Shop, first published 2005) * ttps://books.google.com/books/about/Hidden_Lights.html?id=jqCZ34Cp2XUC ''Hidden Lights: Chanukah and the Jewish/Greek Conflict''(Israel Book Shop, first published 2005)

References

External links

Articles by Pinchas Stolper
Revelation: The basis of faithLove, Dating and RomanceWhy Do We Still Mourn?
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stolper, Rabbi Pinchas 1931 births 2022 deaths American Orthodox rabbis The New School alumni 21st-century American rabbis Brooklyn College alumni