“The true goal is not to change your status to a married person. It is to build a healthy, whole bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael”
I am writing in response to the letter in last week’s edition titled “While We Wait.”
As a member of Klal Yisrael I have been following the give-and-take about shidduchim with much interest. When I read the letter by N. B., I so deeply resonated with her thoughts and feelings — yes, we need to do what we can to ease the process, but why in the world are we not focusing equally on the experience that these men and women are reporting.
Very few of us will be able to make a meaningful change to really overhaul the entire shidduch system, and furthermore, as N. B. said, the bottom line is that we seem to be undergoing a crises for whatever reason Hashem has so decided (not that it absolves us from doing our hishtadlus).
But until Hashem decides to put an end to it using whatever means He so decides, can we please, please hear more practical tips of what we can do to make the plight of these amazing men and women easier while they bear the wait!
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