Perhaps in the bygone world of the , it was considered common for men and woman to marry young, and perhaps the system served everyone fine.And while -- admittedly -- many of us can sing Tzeitel's song for "Yente the Matchmaker" word for word, few of us can truly relate to the sentiment.The young woman who wrote the aforementioned e-mail explained how she has felt an unhealthy pressure to wed ever since her time at a religious seminary in Jerusalem.More recently, within my own life, I watched a close friend's relationship disintegrate after his girlfriend's rabbi harassed them to marry, launching him into a lengthy period of depression and conflict.

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