Reply To: A third of Litvish families I know, have one or more single daughters 25 and up

Squek:

I’m not sure which letter you are qouting. The letter I posted earlier from 70 R”Y made 3 very clear points

1. the primary cause of the shidduch crisis is age gap

2. They called upon the community to give preference to close in age shidduchim and at the very least to give preference to girls who are age 20 and up.

3. They called upon the shadchanim to focus on close in age shidduchim and at the very least to give preference to girls 20 and up.

as such, your statement “the RY did not say anything other than that “close in age” shidduchim are a good thing” is simply not accurate.

Important post script: it is neither, my data, my analysis, nor my conclusions. Please don’t give me credit that’s not due.