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“What percentage of Neilah Drashos in our shuls and yeshivos addressed this crisis? I’d say it’s close to zero. Why is that? Because IMHO most rabbanim concentrate on the issue of teshuva, not crisis in klal yisroel.
Why are people setting up tehillim groups to help their daughters get married but at the same time they are delaying their own sons (or sending their sons to yeshivos that encourage or force delay) from getting married? I have children of marriageable age of both genders. I am not delaying my sons; I did not believe that my sons were emotionally or financially ready before the age of 23 to start shidduchim. IMHO one of the biggest issues we have is this horrible mindset that if a girl is not married by 22 she is an “old maid”. Are boys 23 or 24 turning down shidduchim with girls 22 and 23 or is it their parents who are rejecting them?