Congregation Shomrei Emunah
Adult Education Committee
Special Seminar Series on Shadchanus


Shomrei Emunah, baruch Hashem, has reached an important life-
cycle. Many ofthe members are becoming involved in the "shidduch
parsha" for their sons and daughters of marriageable age
(@17.5 +/-10 years). In recognition of the issues that such a
situation raises, the shul will be offering a series of seminars
for parents of prospective chassanim and kallahs. This seminar
will include the following workshops given by noted local
community experts:


Getting your daughter into the "Right" Seminary

Top ten Girls Seminaries in Israel to Avoid

Seminary Directors in Israel Who Died and Made Them Kings?

Application fees to seminaries in Israel: Larceny or an investment
in
Your Future.

How to get your son into the top ten at Lakewood

Yeshivonics: Translating grammatically incorrect speech into
English

Twenty-one and still single: Is she over-the-hill or Just Full of
Shidduch?

Getting top dollar for your Led Zeppelin and Grateful Dead tapes:
A guide to local flea markets

Going back in time: How to Get YU and NCSY to disappear from
your secret files.

The most appropriate sefarim to have on your bookshelf (note: The
first 50 registrants will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift
certificate at Shabsi's Judaica

How to obtain those Yeshiva Transcripts you never had

How to master Shas in one week

Lomdus 101: Is it Possible to shlug-up the "nice boy", "nice girl"
Gezara Shoveh

Etymology 353: A historical analysis of the word "nice" losing all
meaning

Chumra crash course: A primer to Yoshon, Cholov/Pas Yisrael,
Gebrokhts, and separate seating/standing

Your son-in-law the Doctor?!! How to get to Shappard Pratt in a
hurry.

Understanding the hidden financial value of the "Masters in
Education" degree

Kitchen remodeling: How to give an illusion of the double sink
using mirrors from Home Depot

Post Hoc Yichus Acquisition: Creative and alternative approaches
to tracing and documenting your family tree

Shinui Shem: Legally changing your daughter's last name to
something more desirable

Financial Planning I: Which set of books to show the (prospective)
Mechutanim

Financial Planning II: How to go into Hock with dignity and still
cover your Kol Nidre Pledge

Financial Planning III: Pre-Shidduch financial negotiation tactics

Financial Planning IV: Automatic payroll withdrawal to cross
country manor and the Fountainbleu

Playing Hardball: Calling your future Mechutan's bluff

Appreciating the Kollel work ethic: A sociological analysis of the
9am weekday Minyan at the Agudah

How to hand over your credit cards and car keys with a smile

Progressive stupidity in the Shidduch-Parsha parent: Why have
we lost control of the situation?

Understanding your daughter's fantasy of a $600 piece of fake hair
on her head: A psychiatric case study

Narishkeit Update: A compilation of the New
"That's-Just-the-Way-it's-Done" Laws of the past 10 years

Fashion Update I: A guide to color-coded snoods

Fashion Update II: Wardrobe Rules for Vorts and Sheva Brochos

Your first grandchild next year?: A practical Shidduch Timetable
for your dating child

How to look at a 20-year-old boy in the Black Hat without cracking
up: Behavior modification techniques for the 90's

Understanding Shidduch Love in the current generation: It's not (in)
your father's Oldsmobile

How to break it off with a guy who expresses an interest in earning
a living

Understanding Twenty-First Century Demographics: Everyone's
Mechanech

Biting the Bullet: Our obligation to continue support to schools
with screwed-up-agendas.


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