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shidduch

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shidduch Yiddish [ˈʃɪdəx]
n pl shidduchim [ʃɪˈduːxɪm] Judaism
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism)
a.  an arranged marriage
b.  the arrangement of a marriage
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) any negotiated agreement
[from Hebrew: see shadchan]


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I was often pressured by society and the weight of making sure I had a good shidduch, or match for marriage.
After the Shidduch, which connects the old world with the new via the plain American girl's last greenhorn chance (which nicely illustrates how little divided interwar Polish and American Jewry were) we are given Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, which matches apocalyptic Communists against sobered Talmudists.
 
 
 
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