TIL that the word "Yenta" doesn't actually refer to a Jewish matchmaker but is instead a Yiddish give name for girls which became associated with matchmaking because of the musical Fiddler on the Roof
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5694282/jewish/What-Does-Yenta-Mean.htm
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https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5694282/jewish/What-Does-Yenta-Mean.htm
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The original meaning of yenta (יענטע) in Yiddish is "simple or common woman or girl," verging on the derogatory.
Also, "chabad", where you cite from, is the single largest Jewish missionary organization in the world. Highly financed, they target secular Jewish children to convert them to orthodox Judaism. I despise them.