Playing with Matches: Today’s Shidduch System is a Hot Topic
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was
no system – and yet, singles did not suffer from the
shidduch “crisis” referred
to today. In addition to meeting at shul, school, and singles events, they met at
Shabbos tables, Catskill hotels, libraries, and even Tashlich. Relatives, friends,
classmates, students, workmates, and neighbors often proposed (no pun intended)
ideas. Oh, and suggestions were also made by
shadchanim.
There was no such thing
as today’s mandatory
shidduch profile (more commonly called by the misnomer
“resume”), and guys (or their mothers) did not insist on seeing the girl’s photo