“Thank you, Sarah Chana Radcliffe for normalizing the use of psychiatric medications”
As I flipped through the pages of the Inbox, I was appalled at a letter regarding shidduchim with baalei teshuvah.
No, we’re not hippies who will never conform to societal standards. No, we don’t stand out in the crowd of our friends at a simchah for our strange ways of conducting ourselves or speaking, and no, you wouldn’t pick us out in a store just by looking at us.
Yes, we’re raising beautiful frum families in the center of “town.” Yes, we’re fully “integrated” members of society and yes, there is enough room for individuality in the frum world!
While I do agree that baalei teshuvah make great shidduchim with each other, I can’t comprehend how someone could compare the burning of seforim to baalei teshuvah. It took time, but we learn the Rambam’s works; we know they’re emes. There are Sephardim, chassidim, Litvaks, and many more. Some of the most influential, impactful, and core members of our society are not FFBs — you just haven’t opened your eyes to it.
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