"I get that she’s down because she’s single, but this kind of attitude is going to make sure she stays single!"
Shani Leiman with Zivia Reischer
“Please talk to Dassi,” Meira Kornreich begged. “We can’t continue like this.”
“What’s going on?”
“Everything’s fine,” she said quickly. “I mean, you know, basically fine. She does what she’s supposed to do, she gets up on time and davens and does her chesed and goes to work. But she said it herself, she feels like her life lacks meaning. And that’s with all the davening and chesed and shiurim! You need to help her.”
“It doesn’t sound like she needs a shadchan—”
“She does,” Mrs. Kornreich interrupted me, “because it’s really affecting her dating. I get that she’s down because she’s single, but this kind of attitude is going to make sure she stays single! And you know she’s not really a negative person. This is so not like her….”
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