Besalel:
I hope this information will put to rest comments such as yours.
In the individual participant program that was recently closed down. Over the course of the 2 years that the program was active there had be 125 different participants enrolled ranging from 22-40 years old. The average age of the enrolled young women was 27 years old.
215 different dates set up, avg. age of young women set up 27.5
5 married via the program. Including a few that had been dating a very very long time.
Over two years: $700,000+ is the total amount of money that has been deposited/come thru the program (via participants deposits) in the program
$2500 ($500 x 5 marriages) is the total revenue to NASI from the program over the course of two years.
(The shadchanim who made the shidduchim received the appropriate shadchnus for the shidducim they made, from the money that had been placed on deposit on behalf of those now married young women. And the young women’s families were of course thrilled. NASI wrote the checks and sent the monies to the shadchanim.)
Here is some feedback from participants who did NOT many dates via the program.
Thank you for all the time and effort that you have undoubtedly invested into the Nasi program.
Sincerely,
Wow! I am even more impressed! Shkiach to you for not just being a strong visionary, advocate and manager to the last detail of follow through but also continually reassessing your vision of the best help. I have no idea how you stay so focused and committed but on behalf of all of us singles I want to sincerely thank you. The success is not based alone on the matches made but truly from the sense of support and care we each got knowing that someone is that dedicated to klal Yisroel and our struggle. Thank you for acting as though it was your own struggle and being a model of strength, drive and care.
Thank you for your efforts.
Tisku L’mitzvos,
Thank you for the update.
May you merit to see lots of hatzlacha in all of your wonderful work!
Thank you so much for all the efforts you and your staff put in over these years that my daughter was enrolled in the program. Have a wonderful day and wishing you much success on your other projects.
Good morning sorry to hear of this news . Once again thanks for all the effort you continue to put in for our girls
Thank you for your continued interest in facilitating shidduchim. Thank you for the integrity that you have that you’re returning our money so easily.
Yasher Koach,
My wife and I are sad to hear about the termination of this program. You provided a great service to deal with the Shidduch crisis. Please keep us informed of any future developments
I just wanted to say thank you so much for putting together the program I was part of and particularly thank you for your efforts on my behalf.
It is rare today, to find people such as yourself that put so much time selflessly on behalf of others with no incentive. Yes, I was one of those that had a hard time comprehending how such a program is legit, but you proved me otherwise.
May Hashem grant you the strength to continue the incredible work for many years to come!
Hi. First of all, I want to thank you very much for your continuous efforts for myself and all of us still searching for our zivug. I know you work very hard at putting these programs together, and I am sure you are seeing and will see much success from them.
Thank you, for all your hard work. Hatzlacha with all your programs.
Sincerely,
Thank you for ur time and investment in the shidduchim area….
Thanks for all the efforts put into this program – I appreciate it all, and wish you much hatzlachah in all you do to help our girls get married. I certainly think you’ve broken the barrier re the age gap.
Thank you so much for all your efforts on our behalf. We very much appreciate everything you have done and tried to do.
Hope to hear more about your new ideas soon.
now Besalael,
Currently Nasi is involved in numerous other programs, much like they were prior to and during the time the program above was active.
One example is the community programs that have been around longer than the private program. These community programs are now active in Toronto, Montreal, Baltimore, Far Rocakway/Lawrence, Los Angelos, Flatbush and other places.
There have been close to 2,000 different dates set up, Average age of the young women being set up 24 years old, Over 360 different young women have dated seriously (past date #4)
Tens of different shadchanim involved
Over 110 marriages have resulted
And that is just one program they are busy with.
So Besalel, I hope this should put to rest your concerns.
(oh, by the way, the people who run NASI, don’t do it as a “job”, they are actually gainfully employed in other productive manners. Please take this as a lesson before villifying irresponsibly. As for your suggestion, that greedy shadchanim drive Nasi’s activities, we’ll just leave that as another of your irresponsible accusations. Anyone with even a remote affiliation with the program now how silly that is. NASI always has and always will be about alleviating the difficult situation-caused by age age- that far to many of the young women in our community find themselves in vis a vis shidduchim. One of the many tactics employed, is to figure out methods to motivate shadchanim to focus on the young women who are under noticed in the shidduch scene. But to think that shadchanim decide or push for NASI policy, is simply sillyness.
I wasn’t going to write this post, but i figured it would be worthwhile for you to know.