On Saturday night of October 7th, I looked at my Google Calendar to figure out what would obviously not be happening. There was a Lions Panthers game which all of a sudden seemed pretty unimportant (I still watched, but by myself and not focused). There were work meetings that would obviously not be happening, because the people with whom I was supposed to meet were called up (S/O Maor and Shiran). And there was a wedding I had been extremely excited for, Ezra's (my younger Chavruta in KY8).
When they annoucned they'd be pushing it off, I got it. Its so hard, plus their brothers would not have been able to attend.
When the day finally came (unfortunately on a Sunday night - come on man), I was very excited. The Chuppa was beautiful, with special prayers for the state and soldiers, and everyone singing together. His wife also stopped the whole show to speak for a few minutes, in one of the best speeches I have ever heard. So so happy for them.
It was crazy to see guys from yeshiva who had literally been in Gaza that morning, and hear their stories. It was great to hug Rav Yishay who has been up north on a base. He literally officiated the wedding and then switched to Madim to go back. We went home, and watched the Lions unlikely comeback on the Bears, which was certainly fun (Shifra was even up for the last few minutes at 1 AM).
And then, the next morning, a message from Yeshiva. We are sorry to inform of the falling of our student, Eitan D. I never met him that I can recall, but he seems like a very special person, and it always hurts more when you can visualize their life while alive.
The ups and downs...
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