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A large and growing number of Jewish singles are using the many free Jewish dating services to find a mate. Finding a marriageable partner is never an easy task but in the past years, the internet has made things much easier, literally opening the entire world to those who are searching for their other half.
It's important for the dating parties to look for someone who shares the same values and ideals, as well as similar religious backgrounds. Orthodox Judaism discourages dating without the intention of marriage, so it's important to go into online Jewish dating with this in mind. It's also crucial to communicate clearly, honestly and openly with all prospective matches, whether things seem to be progressing or not progressing. Confidence and a positive attitude are also essential when dating online.
Websites specializing in Jewish dating services
Jdate has become one of the best Jewish dating sites, being the most popular of the free Jewish dating services, and there are many more such influential services emerging. Many of these online Jewish dating websites have memberships that reach into the millions, and claim to have had a hand in thousands of successful matches. These sites feature tools such as photos, email, instant messaging, chatting and more. Most of the free Jewish dating services also offer premium memberships that boast even more tools to help in finding a suitable match.
Another one of the best Jewish dating sites is Saw You at Sinai, which works in a traditional way, using matchmakers. Each person looking for a mate receives two expert, dedicated matchmakers who will do the searching. Saw You at Sinai is endorsed by Rabbis all over the world. There are over 30,000 members and have been over 1,000 marriages. There is a small per-month fee for using this service.
Frumster is another great site for frum dating, open to those all over the world. After choosing a country and a hashkafah, or stream of Orthodoxy, a person is instantly connected to many Jewish singles and potential matches. There is no fee to join Frumster, but communicating with other members costs a small fee per month.
Many rabbis advocate for online Jewish dating services, especially due to the disturbing rise in the rate of intermarriage. These rabbis say that the more resources there are for Jewish singles, the better. While perhaps there was once a stigma to meeting a partner online, due to rising popularity, this stigma has all but disappeared even within Orthodox Judaism. One thing to look out for is confirming that the people who are found through these sites are actually Jewish. On a frum dating site like Saw You at Sinai, which uses shadchanim, it may be easier to verify such things, but on a site like Jdate with so many members, stringency may be required to confirm that the person one wants to date is who they say they are.
Other forms of free Jewish dating services include using shadchanim, or matchmakers, especially those who are not professional. Professional shadchanim may require a fee, but there are plenty of matchmakers out there who make matches only for the mitzvah, or the commandment, of doing so, and not for money at all. This mitzvah comes from the episode in the Torah, in the book of Bereshit, where Avraham tells his servant Elizaer to find a wife for his son Yitzchak. 'Take a wife for my son Yizchak' (Bereshit 24:4) Shadhanim may have a smaller pool of potential matches than the millions who are online, but when it comes to frum dating, matchmakers are a wonderful and traditional way to go.
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Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below.Frum Orthodox Jewish singles in the dating world, searching for their beshert, their soul mate, often want to know about the many customs and traditions that come before their future wedding.
MIKVEH BEFORE THE WEDDING
One beautiful and time-tested custom that the bride will to is the pre-wedding mikveh. Brides-to-be immerse themselves in a mikveh, a ritual bath, either the night before the wedding or as close as possible to the wedding day. The mikveh symbolizes spiritual rebirth and purity. It's important to realize, however, that a mikveh is not about physical cleanliness at all, but only about spiritual cleanliness and human encounters with holiness. The mikveh also symbolizes the rivers of the Garden of Eden, which, according to the Talmud, are the source of all water in existence. The Garden of Eden is the birthplace of all of us human beings, as well as the place of the first marriage, that of Adam and Chava (Eve). This powerful experience is also an essential part of the laws of taharat hamishpacha, family purity, which the bride and groom learn about during their engagement.
Many mivkehs have include a bridal suite, where the lady will get a special room specifically for brides to get ready to immerse. Use of these bridal rooms will generally require an appointment well in advance as well as a fee. It is essential that the body be completely clean before going into the waters, and it typically takes some time to prepare properly. The immersion of a bride-to-be into a mikveh is joyous occasion often followed, especially in Sephardi communities, by a party with lots of food, sweets, wine and blessings from her friends.
LAWS PERTAINING TO THE MIKVEH
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The waters of the mikveh must come from a natural source, such as a lake, ocean, well water or rainwater. The mikveh itself must have certain dimensions, as well, being at least two feet square and six feet deep, and able to hold at least 191 gallons of water. Most modern mikvehs are much larger than this, however. A woman may, in a dire emergency, immerse into a lake, the sea or another natural body of water, but this generally does not confer the necessary privacy that she will need, so Jews have been building their own mikvehs for centuries.
Frum Orthodox Jewish singles will learn all these details and many more when they find their beshert and start planning their wedding. Online Jewish dating services and Jewish singles groups help many frum Orthodox Jewish singles to find their bashert, these services have had tremendous success. Whether one uses Jewish singles groups or a traditional shadchan, a matchmaker, frum Orthodox Jewish singles have many options for finding their future mate. There are many traditions and laws that pertain to immersing into the mikveh, such as the fact that in some communities, the groom immerses into a mikveh before the wedding, also. Online Jewish dating services and Jewish singles groups can be a fun and adventurous way to meet a match, as can traditional matchmaking.
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