Thank G-d we live in times and locales where we do not have dire poverty. But if a family was so destitute, there would be no money for dowry and thus little interest from potential suitors. To be able to "sell" the young girl to a husband with the means to support her properly was an honorable way to "break the cycle of poverty."



(If that doesn't sound good to your daughter, I apologize: I've got three boys, b"h.)

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Chassidim must study Chassidus--HaYom Yom 21Kislev