Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the Jews, especially Russian and Eastern Jews, a professional match-maker or marriage-broker whose business it is to bring about marriages and make the contract between the parents of the parties as to the amount of dowry, etc., for which services he exacts a considerable fee from both sides. The business is not considered discreditable (it is, indeed, considered meritorious), but it is the subject of humorous treatment in novels of Jewish life.
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Examples
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With phones literally ringing off the hook, BlackBerry abuzz, it's a typically hectic day for Levy, a matchmaker, or shadchan, in the Orthodox Jewish community in Midwood.
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Chana Rose, another local shadchan, has been doing similar work for over 20 years, and has helped hundreds of people find their marriage partners.
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Often the man and woman will not communicate over the phone until the fifth date, leaving the shadchan to track them down to find out their availability.
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With phones literally ringing off the hook, BlackBerry abuzz, it's a typically hectic day for Levy, a matchmaker, or shadchan, in the Orthodox Jewish community in Midwood.
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Often the man and woman will not communicate over the phone until the fifth date, leaving the shadchan to track them down to find out their availability.
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Chana Rose, another local shadchan, has been doing similar work for over 20 years, and has helped hundreds of people find their marriage partners.
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As for the comment about still not sleeping with you, sheesh, I didn't realize I had picked up a shadchan along the way.
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The shadchan then approaches a suitable single man or, most likely, his parents -- who add the woman to their son's typically lengthy "list."
Single Jewish Female Seeks Stress Relief Tamar Snyder 2008
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After determining whether the young woman wishes to marry a "learner" (a man studying full time in yeshiva), an "earner" (a professional) or a combination of the two, the shadchan collects the prospective bride's "shidduch résumé," detailing everything from education and career plans to dress size, height, parents 'occupations and synagogue memberships.
Single Jewish Female Seeks Stress Relief Tamar Snyder 2008
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When the shadchan, the marriage broker, eventually found him a nice Jewish wife, Jora went with him to look after their children.
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
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