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Resources for the Engagement Period
Did You Miss the Love Boat?
The Talmud compares the miracle of finding a soulmate to the miracle of G-d splitting the Red Sea.
The Prospective Mate
A Guide To Shidduchim & Marriage Based On The Teachings Of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson Shidduchim
Approaching A Shidduch
A Guide To Shidduchim & Marriage Based On The Teachings Of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson Shidduchim
Dating For Marriage
Some key ideas to help anyone looking to get married
Are Doubts Normal During Engagement?
Is it normal to have doubts during an engagement?
Yiddishe Nachas
What is of most important to us? What do we truly value? When it comes to our money, everything must be under lock and key, safe and sound, with ironclad securities. Are we as careful with our children?
Dating Or Dated Out?
Are blind dates just a waste of time? Dating is emotionally exhausting. Is there any message of hope for the dated out?
Refine Your Search for A Soul Mate
My Jewishness is making it harder for me to find love. The more I get involved in Jewish life, the less options I have for girls to date. To be honest, it is making me hesitate before becoming more observant.
Forget About Finding Your Soul Mate
How do you find the 'right' one? Do I have only one soulmate?
The Dating Challenge
Why is dating so hard these days? Never in history have people struggled with relationships so much. So many of my friends are still single and looking.
Intimacy Crisis
I think we can all agree that in our world today, in the free world certainly, there is an intimacy crisis. We have a problem with intimacy. We are afraid of intimacy, yet we agonize over the lack of it.
Whom To Marry
A wise man once said that the most difficult question to answer is a question that has a simple answer.
Choosing A Mate
Avrohom decided to send his trustworthy disciple and right-hand man, Eliezer, to find a suitable wife for Yitzchok. The modern mind finds it difficult to understand why Yitzchok agreed to allow Eliezer to choose a wife for him. Is this a matter in which one can rely on others?
Shidduch Crisis
When I was a kallah (bride), a friend of my husband-to-be asked me to introduce him to one of my friends in Boston, where we all were at that time.
How Do You Find Your Soulmate?
An often asked question, it is one laden with assumptions, misconceptions and truly good intentions.
Boy Meets Girl
My best friend just got engaged after only a month and a half of dating. She met the guy through the Jewish dating system, a Shidduch, and they are an amazingly well-suited couple.
Can You Test Drive a Marriage?
I liked your take on traditional Jewish dating, and can see some of its advantages over modern dating. But one thing doesn't make sense. In traditional circles, you only live together after marriage.
Date At Your Own Risk
I've found myself going out on many many dates and I'm wondering if I'm being too fussy. I'm waiting to meet someone and get a good feeling about him, and of course have things in common, good chats, and similar long term goals.