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Originally Posted by Slow Roosevelt
I thought you would be cool with arranged marriage?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_views_on_marriage
In Haredi communities, many marriages are arranged by a professional match-maker ("shadchan") who receives a "brokerage-fee" for his or her services. The parents may be actively involved in the matchmaking procedure, but the young couple is not forced to marry. The Shidduch is thus a system of arranged introductions rather than arranged marriages.
Many couples proceed to marriage without a formal engagement. |
...but the young couple is not forced to marry. The Shidduch is thus a system of arranged introductions rather than arranged marriages
This is not the same thing. It's match making religious Jews not arranged marriage.