My gradfather, a born and bred litvak (came to america prior to WWI in his early 20s with nothing but his Litvish minhagim – succa on shmini atzeres, tefilin on chol hamoed, ate gebrokhts, no kittel by the seder, had no “shin” in his alphabet) took 4 sons in law who were all from chassidishe families – when asked about it by us grandchildren many years later (in the 70s) he replied, back then, the only considerations for a shidduch were, was he a mench and was he shomer torah umitzvos. It didnt matter if he wore a bekkesha or a zoot soot).
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