Hi,
I have an idea and I'm emailing you because I need at least 1000 frum Jews like you in from the start to make it work. You are receiving this because either I got your email address from a chain mail or a friend is forwarding this to you.
My idea is a way to make 1000 shiduchim in less then one year!!
Don’t think this is a non-starter because my idea makes every bit of sense if you can care to read on and further care to be one of the first to make it happen!
First of all a shiduch doesn’t mean a definite match. A shiduch can simply also mean a date which is also an accomplishment for many. So with that in mind, I think if we make this work we can make well over 10,000 shiduchim! But in truth, I think that with BSD and enough achdus… what we can achieve is to actually make 1000 definite matches and more!
My idea.
My idea is your idea, let’s all 1000 of us get together and suggest ideas to each other about pairing up single friends of ours! Have you heard of myspace.com? Well I’ll make a website modeled on their platform with a neat design and user interface and when the start date comes we will all register an account… well actually, let me take you through it clearly.
1 You register an account. You are now officially a ‘Shadchan’.
You have to show everyone your name and keep it real. You tell everyone just a little about yourself… i.e. your age, gender, marital status and thoughts about the movement.
2 You post the real or nick-names of 5 friends of yours, and you try to profile them to the best of your ability, perhaps even with a private picture. We can talk more on that.
Most of you will have more then 5 friends. These friends are now officially ‘Clients’ and there is no limit to how many friends you have so long you pay attention to them all.
3 You browse other ''shadchanim’s'' ''clients'' and flag one that you think will be suitable for one of your clients. When that shadchan logs in next, he will see your flag and follow the link to your client’s profile. Likewise when you log in and see one of your clients flagged, you will look into the idea and take it from there.
What we need to start is a minimum of 1000 frum Jews, men, women, guys and girls, married and single, from more then 30 different cities around the world. Frum in Yiddish generally means religious but frum in German still means sincere and if we are all sincere we can make it work. If each member would post a minimum of 5 friends then it would perhaps make our little project the biggest shiduch list in the world and the most attended to list too! What’s more shadchanim and clients would double in numbers in a matter of days!
Why do we need 1000? Because the best way to get enough people’s attention is to start with a BANG. And that is what the shiduch and tobacco industry needs, a very big BANG! Imagine all smokers started growing their own tobacco! Also, starting small would minimize your interest in participating from the very start and the communal effort may come to a halt.
My idea is that we can and we should all be shadchanim, no matter what our situation is! Being a Shadchan is not a profession, it’s simply about being the person to be in the right place at the right time, hearing the right thing and acting on it.
With our new website platform, all that will be made possible for anyone and everyone. All you would need to do is log in every day for a few minutes or every few days and see how you can help you friends, knowing there are other shadchanim out there trying to help their friends. If you’re married, you owe to your single friends and family knowing the feeling and if you’re single yourself, helping your single friends is the best way of drawing attention from HaShem!
So you might be wondering …nu, what’s the idea... there are already lots of dating sites that the frum singles themselves can post their own profiles on and interact with other members and decide for themselves? ...So, know… these sites are great, and some have even made a few hundred shidduchim… but in the meantime shadchanim between themselves are much more successful because the concept of a shadchan is a very ancient one… right from the Torah…
The Gemara says Moshe Rabeinu atop Har Sinai was Hashem’s Shadchan to Kllal Yisroel and that Aaron Hakohen half way up/down the mountain was Kllal Yisroel’s Shadchan to HaShem. The Torah was the Kesubah so that is a source for the minhag of a shadchan, in fact two shadchanim, just the way it will be with our website.
As of the October 19th, we already have 124 members from 8 cities! They are from New York, Lakewood, LA, Chicago, London, Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh and Modein Ilit. We aim for 500 in one week. Please make this happen and take this to your part of the world!!
So if you are in, please send an email to yitzifeiner@yahoo.com saying “I’m in” and I’ll keep you up to date. In the meantime you can email with any ideas.
Please also forward this message to as many friends as possible, that’s what spreads the word!
Thank you!
Yitzi
NY
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