 |  | | The Beginnings of NCSY: Remembering Rabbi Pinchas Stolper ztz"l | | Orthodox Union | With profound sadness, the Orthodox Union joins the Jewish world in mourning the passing of Rabbi Pinchas Stolper, ztz"l. Rabbi Stolper was a trailblazing pioneer in the education of Jewish teens; he served as the first full-time national director of NCSY and as the longest serving executive vice president of the Orthodox Union. During more than forty years of working with Jewish youth, Rabbi Stolper built the NCSY movement from coast to coast. His work with NCSY directly impacted multitudes of Jewish households and played a defining role in Jewish life in the global Orthodox Jewish community for the past several decades. He created and developed modalities of experiential Jewish learning and living that have become the standard for inspiring commitment in Jewish students around the world. Rabbi Stolper subsequently assumed a broader role in communal leadership, serving as Executive Vice President of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America for eighteen years. Rabbi Stolper was a widely respected teacher, educator and thinker. A devoted disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner ztz"l, he was a musmach of the Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin / Gur Aryeh Kollel and held degrees from Brooklyn College and the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. A prolific writer and editor, he was responsible for over 20 volumes and hundreds of articles on Jewish life and thought. Rabbi Stolper was the husband of Rebbetzin Elaine Stolper, and father of Rebbetzin Michal Cohen, Rabbi Akiva Stolper and Malki Kaweblum a"h. For shiva information click here. | | Read an article Rabbi Stolper wrote in 1994 about the formative years of NCSY | | PARSHAT BECHUKOTAI May 27-28, 2022 / 27 Iyar 5782 HAFTARAH Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 THIS SHABBAT Mevarchim HaChodesh for the month of Sivan SPECIAL DAYS Yom Yerushalayim is celebrated on Sunday, May 29. Rosh Chodesh Sivan is celebrated on Tuesday, May 31. Yom Hamechuyas is observed on Wednesday, June 1. The Shloshet Yemei Hagbalah begin on Thursday, June 2. | | |  | | Public Vows | | Rabbi Menachem Genack | What gives a public vow its unique status? A look at the Ramban's understanding. | | Read in Hebrew | | |  | | A Bittersweet Guarantee | | Rabbi Moshe Taragin | Navigating prophecy can be tricky. The dramatic shift of the past century hasn't ever occurred before and we possess no tradition or roadmap for direction. | | Read in Torah Tidbits | | |  | | The Walking Tour | | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | Our unconscious knows our authentic inner preferences very well. So much so that no matter what our conscious plans are, our feet take us to where we really want to be. | | Read More | | |  | | Foundation of Faith | | Rabbi Norman Lamm ztz"l | In all of Judaism, the principle of kedushah is protected from the danger of over-familiarity. | | Read More | | |  | | The World of Chocolate | | Steven Genack | Learn about the rich history of chocolate, the kashrut sensitivities involved in the production of chocolate and chocolate's connection to serotonin. | | Read More | | |  | | Featured Company: Pure Southern Honey | | OU Kosher | Crafted in South Georgia, Pure Southern Honey is 100% raw, unfiltered, single sourced and never heated. From their hives to your table, you will discover a honey that is truly one of a kind. | | Read More | | | | Featured Products |  | | Torah Beloved: The Gibber Family Edition | | OU Press | Torah Beloved, a collection of sermons relating to the festival of Shavuot, the giving of the Torah and the love of Torah, expresses the Jewish attitude with the eloquence and felicity for which Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm ztz"l is renowned. | | Buy Now |  | | The Crowns on the Letters | | OU Press | Rabbi Ari Kahn's The Crowns on the Letters is an immensely learned and deeply creative interpretation of many fundamental aggadot relating to the intellectual biographies of the Tannaim and Amoraim. | | Buy Now | | | |
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