print email comment close Arranged Marriages? URL: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/69429/jewish/Arranged-Marriages.htm Description: Brief answer to the question, "Is it true that traditionally, Jewish marriages were arranged marriages?" Discusses the use of a "shadchan" (matchmaker) who introduces the individuals, and how arranged Jewish marriages were not coerced. Includes links to related material about finding your soul mate, the Jewish wedding, and married life. From Chabad.org. Author: Yaffe, Shlomo Publisher: Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center LII Database Information: Record 25077 created by Maria Brandt on 12/10/2007 Last modification on 06/03/2009 Published: 01/31/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25077