Since this organization was started, I am redding shidduchim leiluy nishma Yisroel and Elisheva o"h. This project motivated me like nothing else. I found it awe-inspiring when I was zoche to have a shidduch  happen on the day of their yahrzeit. I know the trajectory of the shidduch (it took about a year) and that it happened on that day was Hashgocha protis.

The boy was in my husband's class and my husband bumped into him in a store while he was buying challah since he decided to last minute stay in Monsey for shabbas. I sent my husband to the store to get some plastic cups and last minute cutlery for the event and my husband bumped into him. When my husband bumped into him, they schmoozed and caught up and he invited him to the Upsheirin. The boy showed up and I introduced him to a friend of mine who has a single friend. She set them up and they went out for a year and just got married last week!!! Because of this initiative, since it began, I was inspired to help make shidduchim. I try to chap any idea I have and try to redt it even though it may not be a perfect idea because you never know. Since the initiative we redt multiple shidduchim, a few first dates and bH and 2nd shidduch came from this 10k batei Yisroel. My husband and I were so pained about this beautiful couple and my husband and I took on the project to look out for others and build up the guts to set people up. It should be a zechus. Thank you for the opportunity and inspiration

Hello, I am very happy to announce to you a new engagement Leyluy Nishmas Yisroel and Elisheva bh.

Bh I was zoche to make another shidduch. The chosson and kallah are both friends of our family that we’ve known since they were children.  It’s an extra simcha when the engagement is someone from our community and I feel super grateful that both chosson and kallah are from Cleveland and we watched them grow up. Inspired me to get back into making shidduchim

BH I’m delighted to  put two Shidduchim on 10K Batay Yisroel. One yesterday and one today Making a shidduch is a true labour of love (Forgive the pun!) and absolute krias Yam Suf. Logging all the suggestions and first dates actually validates the many hours, time and effort a Shadchan puts in. It makes one realise that no suggestion or first date goes to waste and it is all part of a bigger picture. As it takes a myriad of suggestions and first dates to get to engagement. For me, there is almost nothing as meaningful and exhilarating as being zocheh to make a shidduch. It gives my whole week an extra dimensional joy and buzz. (My family will testify!) Families Levin and Kaplan are a constant source of inspiration to myself and Klal Yisroel and I feel privileged to be a part of this project. May the pure neshamahs of Yisrael and Elisheva continue to Schepp much nachas in shomayim as they see the many beautiful Batay Neeman being built in Klal Yisrael.

Baruch Hashem, with Hashem’s help, I just made another shidduch between a 30 year old young lady and a 27 year old young man! ! How exciting it was to be at the l’chaim this evening and participate in this beautiful simcha! It certainly gives me chizuk to keep going in this most important mitzvah of shidduchim!

Over a year ago, my friend, Rebbetzin Aviva Zobin told me about an excellent dating mentor – Rebbetzin Rochel Goldbaum. Curious to hear Rochel, I got hold of her wonderful PA, Kathy Kaufman. Kathy directed me to 10K Batay Yisrroel, where I could request to hear Rochel Goldbaum’s talks. I was blown away by Rachel’s talks. (Shortly after, I signed up as the first British participant on Rochel’s mentoring course) Coming from the U.K., I had never heard of 10K Batay Yisroel. I was simultaneously blown away by Elisheva and Yisroel’s families. How they turned bitter tears into triumph and terrible adversity into building the future of Klal Yisroel. Their positivity, foresight, Emunah and Ahavas Yisroel were palpable and I felt that I wanted to be a part of this amazing initiative too. For the past months I have been logging my suggestions, and first dates on the website. (Please note the London / U.K.  logged on the site!:-))BH this is the third engagement I have had the zechus  to log on 10K Batay Yisroel. I hope to be zoche to be the shaliach of many more engagements in Klal Yisroel. IYH the pure neshamahs of Yisroel and Elisheva should have an aliya and continue to schep much nachas in Shomayim.

I am very happy to announce you the engagement of a new couple that I logged a few months ago. I just wanted to add an incredible thing I noticed that when I make a suggestion, every time I think of logging it in 10K, the shidduch works BH. I was very inspired when I heard about 10K a few years ago, and I think it’s so important to motivate people and to tell them that EVERYONE can be a shadhan and not only offical shadhanim. Since I know 10K, I am trying as far as I can to share this wonderful initiative with friends and family in France. I’ve been also inspired a lot by the song Afikomen. I wanted to say again a huge chazak for this great initiative. By the zchus of Ysroel and Elisheva always, May we always be more and more inspired to make beautiful shidduchims in klal yisroel

With 10,000 shidduchim ringing in my ears from the levaya, I feel its an obligation to bring this to fruition! Bh I was zoche to be Hashems partner in  bringing together an under the radar shidduch, a shidduch without too many people advocating for them.

Baruch Hashem, after four long years of a dry spell – with Hashem’s help I just made another shidduch … for two 36-year-olds (never married)! Someone dubbed me “The Shadchan who never gives up!” I hope my success story will give chizuk to others out there to never give up, keep trying — because you never know when the next suggestion will be the one that works! My suggestions have been posted on this site since its beginning. I was waiting for the day, with Hashem’s help, to finally post an engagement, and baruch Hashem, now I can!

I was redt to a boy, he wasn’t what I was looking for so I said no. But when I was finding out information about him, I thought, “wow. He’s a great guy. I wonder if I have anyone for him.” Later that night, on old friend texted me. We haven’t been in touch that much that I would think of her on the spot but because she texted me that night I asked her to send me her resume saying, “I have a long shot….” Turns out it was basheret and bh they are engaged. 4 weeks after their Lchaim, I celebrated Mine! This initiative has been something that gave me so much chizuk throughout the dating process.  I have always tried re-redting the boys I went out with to other girls. I never got a couple to go out though and it was extremely disheartening to keep trying and putting myself out there. Bh I was chosen to be a shaliach for this one and I am so grateful! The song afikomen is one that I listen to on repeat….i have always been inspired by it and now I feel like I can take a small part in this incredible initiative and I am not going to stop here!

I’ve been spending countless hours on shidduchim for about 3 years. A lot of couples were going out as a result but nobody was getting engaged. I can’t claim that this is the reason as we don’t know Hashem’s cheshbonos. But as soon as I began dedicating shidduchim to the precious couple things started moving forward.

My husband and I are friends with the Kaplan family and when the tragedy happened we were having a difficult time understanding how something like this could happen to such a wonderful family. I have been making shidduchim for 45 years and know how difficult it is to put two people together and make it a successful shidduch. I decided that from the time the tragedy happened from then on I would do matches in memory of Elisheva and Yisroel. It should not have to take a loss for people to think of matching singles. To me it is second nature. I look at a single and think who would match to this person? I have been on syas for 15 years and this gives me a chance to help my friends and other clients find dates and hopefully shidduchim. I am grateful to Hashem that my 4 children quadruplets found their zivugim so now it is time for payback and try to help others find their beshert. It also took a long time for me to find my own beshert and BH we just celebrated our 43 wedding anniversary. For all these reasons of Bracha I continue to facilitate matches with Hashem’s help.

I just wanted to let you know my first shidduch I redt during the “moving mountains” contest got engaged tonight. (I have others still dating).

I was talking on the phone with my good friend and she casually mentioned that she wonders what type of girl her brother would marry and I thought of another one of our mutual friends to her as an idea. She got a shadchan to redt it and they got engaged! It was such a good feeling to be part of making a shidduch and I hope I will be able to make many more shidduchim. I am cousins with the kaplan family and I read so many 10k stories on the website that it pushed me to mention an idea if I think it might work out.

My mother grew up with Elisheva Kaplan Z’L mom. Ever since the levaya, I took the initiative even though I am 25 and single. No pictures were shared before they went out.  BH they just got engaged! Such a Zechus to be apart of this shidduch. This should be an Aliyah Neshama for both Yisroel A”H and Elisheva A”H, a nechama to the Levin and Kaplan families. I started redting  shidduchim because of this!

Yes had them in mind, of course.

Mazel tov! I’m so happy to be able to share another 10k Batay yisroel engagement!  While every shidduch is super exciting, I find this shidduch especially meaningful for two reasons: Firstly, I try and make an extra effort for girls coming from Toronto, the city that I grew up in and Cleveland girls as well, the city that has become my home  and where  I am raising my family.  This couple is a Toronto/Cleveland couple. Secondly, this was another random encounter, where I met the girls mother in the parking lot outside the butcher shop and she asked me to meet her daughter. As we know, there is nothing random. The fact that I was leaving the butcher shop while she was coming in was clearly orchestrated from Above. Once again, I thank 10k Batay Yisroel for spreading the importance of  non-shadchanim looking out for our singles.

I thought of the idea a while ago but I didn’t really know the girl so well and the boy was my husbands friend so I wasn’t so confident. But I decided to just go or it because what’s the worst that could happen? I can redt it and they would say no but at least I tried. So I reached out to a few people and redt the idea and both sides said yes! Because I’m young and not the closest friends with the girl I took a step back an let a Shadchan take over so that the boy and the girl would feel more comfortable. I kept on checking in with the progress every once in a while and then this week I got the amazing news that they were getting engaged! I am so excited for them! Since I was young it was my dream to make a shidduch and Hashem has helped me to fulfill that dream and be a small part in building another Bayis Neeman Biyisroel. The story of Elisheva and Yisroel impacted me greatly as I was a girl from TAG and knew the Kalplan family. This organization helped to push me to redt the ideas that I had thought of but was too nervous to actually redt. sometimes I was nervous because I didn’t want to be rejected for my idea and sometimes because it was just a gut feeling and not with so many real reasons. But I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and redt many shidduchim with many of them not even making it to the first date. Then this idea came along and I was by far the most uncomfortable resting it but I pushed myself and Baruch HaShem it paid off!

I am delighted to share another 10k Batay Yiisroel engagement BH!  This shidduch has taught me the value of persistence. It has also showed me that when an idea comes your way, to act on it.  I am so grateful for the zchus to be the shaliach and so happy that I made that one original phone call that  someone had asked me to make.

Mazel tov! I’m so  excited to be able to register another engagement with 10k Batay Yisroel. Bh!  Every shidduch comes along with its own story and extra dose of siyata d’shmaya and like always, this time the siyata d’shmaya was incredibly clear. Over Chanukah, my sisters and I teamed up and  joined the 10k shidduch contest. We worked really hard, yet did not see success from the particular shidduchim that we had redt over Chanukah. I believe that while this was not a Chanukah shidduch, part of the success is attributed to all the effort and time that we put into that initiative because our efforts are never in vain even if the results are not immediate or evident.

I always thought after redting a shidduch I would be ecstatic, so proud of what I did, but I have to say, after this shidduch I felt none of that. I felt humbled. I feel like I was just the shaliach that Hashem chose to bring this couple together and I am so happy to witness it. I wanted to thank 10K. Your organization gave me the strength to keep on going when things got tough. I have been trying to help out and redt shidduchim for over 10 years and there were many times that I have been discouraged, 10k inspired me to keep on trying, and I am so happy I did. This shidduch that I made was not an easy one. I truly felt like Yisroel and Elisheva had a hand in making this shidduch happen.

I’m not sure how I heard about this website but when I did find out about it, it hit something in my heart. It made me sad because of the circumstances that spurred this campagin but it also inspired me. Mi kamcha yesrol who rise up in the face of pain. Who try and make others happy when they themselves are suffering untold hurt. A Truly magnificent nation we are.

Mazal tov! I’ve been inspired by your awesome organization due to my own waiting for a Shidduch and for children. You are doing amazing work. You are giving true chizuk to more than you can imagine.

As I left my house a neighbor approached me and said you know I have a son in shidduchim…so I told her I didnt know he is in shidduchim I want to hear about him…when I went home I called her and took down all the info…and then Hashem sent a thought! Someone I knew had called me a few days earlier describing her daughter..BH. that was the beginning of another beautiful shidduch.. I realize how much it means to the world to just keep trying..

When my wife & I redt this shidduch (Our first ever!) we said we were redting it as a zechus for Yisroel & Elisheva. Yisroel is my cousin and we got extra close when we were in eretz yisroel together with our diras on the same block.. I was so excited to do something special for him. Throughout the whole shidduch we saw so much siyata dishmaya & during the whole dating period we kept saying how we were doing this for Yisroel & Elisheva. We felt like we had extra help from them.. Baruch Hashem they are now engaged! Onto the next!!

I try to have in mind the speech at the levaya we need 10,000 shidduchim …..it’s an inspiration to see an organization that doesn’t stop or give up. I too try not to give up. This bochur who I know for years now and has been in shidduchim for many years! BH I was so happy to be his shadchan along with a friend who knew the girl

It’s the story of a beautiful young girl of 27 who really struggled with shidduhim despite her great midos. She met this great boy at a shiour torah a few months ago, but with all the covid thing, it took a long time for both of them to make a decision. She hesitated a long time to go on the shidduch because he wasn’t like the guy she always imagined. So she asked me to speak to the boy to check if I think it could match. I spoke to him and to her many times in order to convince them to make the step. Both of them were not very sure, BH they recently got engaged juste before Chanuka. At a moment i felt that both of them wanted to make a break, because they hesitated and the shidduch went on in a large period of time. So I remembered of 10K and of the story of Yisroel and Elicheva a’h, and I prayed Hashem to help them by their zhut. I was so happy when they announced me that they made the step!! May it be as a great zchus for Ysroel and Elicheva and ken yrbou!

I made a shidduch last week! I redt shidduchim daily and this was the first successful shidduch where I did not know either side before I saw their resumes. I had reached out to the kallah’s mother about her son and he was busy so she told me about her daughter. I thought of the chosson from seeing his resume on Ezer Kenegdo. When the kallah’s mother told me about her daughter I quickly found her profile on Ezer Kenegdo as well and I went for it! The shidduch had been redt a few years ago but it wasn’t nagoya then, and this round they went out BH. The chosson is a relative of another shidduch I made and I greatly enjoyed working with his relative’s family. BOTH mothers in this shidduch were sweet, kind, and appreciative. One mother sent me an Amazon gift card after the second date, just to thank me for my time and then after a few more dates I received a gift tray from The Nuttery for Shabbos! I live in Milwaukee…this w as such a treat!!! My kids also felt like they were rewarded for their sacrifice of time and attention when I am working on a shidduch. Attention parents of singles: Send chocolate to people who work on your kids’ shidduchim!! It goes a long way! Verbal praise and appreciation is also greatly valued :). Batay Yisroel is on my mind constantly. The Levin and Kaplan Families took the greatest pain and cultivated a movement that is so far reaching, it comes up at shabbos meals and in teachers’ lounges. They are true role models of resiliency and taking from their own trauma to help Klal Yisroel. The emails and initiatives are amazing and I am so excited when I hear other people being osek in shidduchim. We ALL need to keep trying to think of ideas. If you can’t redt an idea because of time or other barriers, have someone else do it! Call your Rav, Rebbetzin, friendly neighbor. It does take courage, but it is so worth it. I have to credit R’ Shalom Blatter who spends his days and nights organizing, assembling, emailing and advocating for singles. I spoke to him over Sukkos and he told me point blank: “Mrs. Hellman, if you are involved with shidduchim you may not do any other chesed! Other people can make meals and give tzedakah, YOU must do this!!” I kept hearing his voice in my head and trying to think of ideas. When I sent a list to Batay Yisroel yesterday, I started to realize how hard I try. My family has experienced personal yeshuos from being osek in this incredible mitzvah and I encourage every person to take a risk and redt a shidduch. Any part that you have in the story brings bracha and yeshua into your lives…you truly are a partner with Hashem. May this special mitzvah continue to be a zechus for Yisroel a’h and Elisheva a’h and may their families continue this incredible Avodas HaKodesh and nechama from their pain.

“I know the chosson’s sister from seminary and the Kallah from sleepaway camp. I was schmoozing with my friend and she asked if I knew anyone for her brother. The idea popped into my head of this girl form camp (who barely remembered me when I reached out to her!) The girl and I had few interactions in camp but enough that I knew a little about her. They went out starting last year November, got engaged in the summer, and the wedding is tomorrow! Baruch HaShem!

 

This past Pessach my brother’s friend came over to my parents house. He was talking about how his dating was going with a girl he was currently dating. He then went on to talk about his older 26 year old sister who needs a shiduch. I thought of my brother-in-law who was 27. I contacted my mother-in-law after the Chag and they went out. I was the go between and I contacted Das Torah to help guide me when necessary. BH they got married November 8th! Only Simchas!

10K encouraged me to make a shiduch. I always wanted to make a shiduch. However, it made me more aware and realize how one person can make an impact if we all try to look out for others and think of someone for them. It made me less afraid to try and suggest people. It can’t hurt!

Keep encouraging others and may it continue to be a huge zechus for Yisroel and Elisheva and may their neshama have a tremendous aliya.”