"Her assertion that the Rambam’s method is 'the only way to achieve' a 'beautiful, harmonious marriage' is beyond arrogant"
Rabbi Yisroel Besser put it down just the way it is. Tefillah is surely something we can all do for our older singles.
After 10-plus recent years of singlehood, I did not have to dig too deep to feel the depth of the pain in the questioner’s words that he quoted. Singles are often in “no-man’s land” — we can’t take on certain positions, and our opinions and suggestions are often second best, even when our thinking is often deeper and more thorough than that of our married counterparts. We are viewed in a certain way, quite often negatively. I am sure that there are many like me out there who know this pain and have felt it (even if they are married today).
Thus, I put down my magazine, picked up a Tehillim, and just davened and cried for a few minutes. Because if not for us, who have been on a long journey to get married, who else should feel that pain of older singles and daven for them from the depth of our hearts?
A former older single
Last week you published a letter from “H. M.” suggesting that household budgeting is unnecessary and even harmful.
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