tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post2232015025752673548..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: The Orthodox Dating ProcessKochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-68599656654307423562013-12-14T17:13:56.967-05:002013-12-14T17:13:56.967-05:00Just chiming in to confirm that yes, Yaakov is ind...Just chiming in to confirm that yes, Yaakov is indeed 'Jacob' in the original Hebrew.<br /><br />And 'Isaac' is Yitzchak in Hebrew while we're on the subject. lolYochanannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-44636753179449245712013-05-03T02:30:01.768-04:002013-05-03T02:30:01.768-04:00Yaakov is Jacob, no? Yaakov is Jacob, no? Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614763339499888480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-46788379360038819872012-12-19T09:03:43.335-05:002012-12-19T09:03:43.335-05:00Your last point is well appreciated, namely, once ...Your last point is well appreciated, namely, once you're hitched, try hitching up your friends. I remember the many years I was single and found dating quite draining, and especially because according to our sages dictum, יגעת ומצאת, that if you toil you'll find, and so I toiled at it, occasionally dated twice a day!in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-71757618619454285702011-01-09T17:20:06.281-05:002011-01-09T17:20:06.281-05:00I agree with Mordechai on this for the most part.I agree with Mordechai on this for the most part.Rishonahttp://www.rishonan.net/sitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-61080560084645348282010-12-24T10:45:43.820-05:002010-12-24T10:45:43.820-05:00Rivki, thank you. I had my good luck years ago, a...Rivki, thank you. I had my good luck years ago, and it continues thank God! Our children are all grown up and long out of the house. My wife is a successful, interesting, educated, lovely and complex person.<br /><br />I think the comparison between business and a shidduch is superficial and very flawed. The nature of the relationships is very different. Marriage requires a sort of humanity,Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-87284339232136928722010-12-24T01:26:02.111-05:002010-12-24T01:26:02.111-05:00Good luck out there, Mordechai! While the current...Good luck out there, Mordechai! While the current shidduch system certainly has its flaws, it also has certain advantages. For instance, it is nice to be able to do a reference check of sorts prior to getting involved. You would check the references of a prospective employee, no? Why not a spouse? I also enjoyed having a third-party to discuss the dates with at the outset of a shidduch. It Rivki Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773820619229821907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-17307502040756140492010-12-23T18:05:03.413-05:002010-12-23T18:05:03.413-05:00"As they say, 'Everyone changes after mar..."As they say, 'Everyone changes after marriage...for the worse.'"<br /><br />I'm happy to say, about a week and a half shy of my 8th anniversary, my husband most certainly did not change for the worse after marriage. Of course, I only had about twenty years before that to get to know him, so as we say, we both certainly knew what we were getting into when we signed up for Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-27977343736006998022010-12-23T14:27:57.061-05:002010-12-23T14:27:57.061-05:00I know a few couples (including converts and BTs) ...I know a few couples (including converts and BTs) who met through the combination website-matchmaker approach. They seemed happy with it.Sarah Brodskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-89070320424269565422010-12-23T10:51:52.481-05:002010-12-23T10:51:52.481-05:00I find the shidduch system as practiced in much of...I find the shidduch system as practiced in much of the observant world to be despicable. Maybe worse. Precious human beings are held hostage to ridiculous criteria and demands. Investigated more like criminals than someone with whom I might build a holy Jewish home. Ridiculous gross assumptions about 'newly observant' (even if it is the parents who became observant a generation ago!) Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-56160161713085824022010-12-23T07:59:13.124-05:002010-12-23T07:59:13.124-05:00Oh, cruel irony. At 3am this morning (as I discove...Oh, cruel irony. At 3am this morning (as I discovered when I woke up), SYAS sent me an email saying that unfortunately, my dating status doesn't allow me to get matches. Maybe that would be because my profile and account were supposed to be deleted six months ago! FAIL. On the scale of a JDate FAIL. (Disclaimer: I hate JDate. Seriously. Be careful with them.)CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.com