Reply To: We all enjoy the Yated, but does their Shidduch forum bring about more dates?

AZ, Thanks but “Im in the business” and I have more lists and more access to other lists from all the singles I work with, than most. Why in this day and age does someone have to network or donate to get hold of a list? Because a newspaper cant afford 1/2 page, or so, a week, that would probably lead to higher sales of the paper?

Also, Ive heard that many people put themselves on these lists as Shadchanim, to find Shidduchim for their children and or siblings. At some point in the conversation, they decribe their child or sibling. When they hear the caller isnt a match for the person they’re looking for, they are no longer interested in speaking. This discourages the caller from further Hishtadlus, not encourages it. I think if a list is published in a newspaper, only the more well intentioned and serious Shadchanim would allow their names to be used that publicly.

Again, what would a paper lose by printing it regularly? If we’d bring about one more Shidduch a year by making a list more easily available, wouldnt it be totally worth it? Kal v’Chomer if we brought about ten or a hundred or more Shidduchim a year, as a result.