Talk:Shadchan

Yenta

'Yenta' is a Yiddish woman's name. It has been charactured as a type of female busybody or neuveau-riche. As an example:

A mink died and went to heaven. He was told he could have anything he wished. 
"In that case, I want a coat made out of the skins of yentas."

It is not a word that means 'matchmaker'. That interpretation comes from the character 'Yenta' in Fiddler On The Roof, who is a matchmaker, and, as matchmakers often are, a busybody. Too Old (talk) 01:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Why doing a Yenta-type intervention to merge Shadchan into Shidduch

Shidduch was started 2004 by JFDwolff, size=3,744 = a good size article, not just a stub. Shadchan started 2007 @ 203 bytes, seems to have remained a stub that reminds us that a Shadchan is not a Yenta. At present Shadchan's only purposes seem to be:

• remind us that a Shadchan is not a Yenta - without even telling us how the confusion began in 1964 with Yentel the Jewish Matchmaker in Fiddler on the roof.
• a coat-rack for a SPAM External link for "Shadchan.net: The Bashert Agency"

(feel free to take out the "A"s and "E"s as "Shdchn.nt: Th Bshrt gncy") Pi314m (talk) 17:02, 6 October 2019 (UTC)