Dear Matzav Inbox,

I never thought I would find myself writing this letter, but here I am, with a heavy heart and a broken spirit, Rachmana litzlan

Like many others, I used to roll my eyes at the so-called shidduch crisis. It all felt like a bit of kvetching to me—just noise from the sidelines. But now that I have a daughter who’s on the shidduch market, I’m waking up to the cold, hard truth: it’s not fake. It’s very real, and it’s affecting our mishpachos in ways I never imagined.

My daughter has been back from seminary for a year and a half now. In that time, we’ve received just two shidduch suggestions—each one no shaychus.

It’s like she’s disappeared into thin air. The phone doesn’t ring for her. I sit at home, waiting and hoping for a call that just doesn’t come, and I can’t help but feel the weight of despair creeping in. The phone hasn’t rung in 6 months.

And it’s not just us. I’ve spoken to other mothers whose daughters are in the same boat, sitting at home with no shidduchim, no redds, nothing on the horizon. It’s heartbreaking.

It pains me to see our precious girls feeling the sting of rejection and invisibility.

At what point will we realize what a crisis we have on our hands?

A Concerned Mother

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