Closing all schools till ll children have a place to learn.That is a wonderful concept, to pressure ALL of us to find solutions for each individual.
Many feel, “ani, ess nafshi hitzalti” (I saved my own soul) – that is all that matters, but no, “imo onochi b’tzaraa” (I am with you in your anguish), we ARE “shomer achi onoch” (guardians of our brothers) and have an achrayus (responsibility) to each other!
Beautiful!
My question: Why is this concept not extended to other crisis,like – the shidduch crisis? No one in the class can get married till EACH and EVERY girl of that class finds a shidduch! Yes, some engagements will be lengthened, but it creates a COMMUNAL pressure that until each girl in that class gets engaged, no Rov will be m’sader kiddushin!
You want to go to the chuppah, then instead of spending energy on the wedding gown and type of flowers – spend time with your chosson to get each of your classmates engaged!
Of course, this would need cooperation on a global level (it isn’t containable to one city) and there might be special exceptions made (when a Bais Din decides that weddings can go ahead e.g. a parent is terminally ill and wedding cannot e delayed or a particular single is “in Bais Din’s opinion” sabotaging her own shidduchim prospects).
We are an “Am novon v’chochom” (a smart nation) and the CR has the brightest of Our People contributing, so we could work out the fine tuning and implement this beautiful idea that WORKS for schooling to solve (or at least alleviate) the shidduch crisis!
I am not hacking or trolling but saying divrei emes v’sholom.
We CAN do this!!!