Me: Yeah, it was really —
(I back into a light fixture.)
Friend: Oh, are you ok?
Me: I’m fine, just a little startled. (Pause.) You know, that should be on my gravestone: “Here lies Ilan. He was fine, just a little startled.”
Everybody: (General agreement.)

• _____ is very angry because of the מצב.
• _____ is thinking of everyone by Merkaz Harav.
• _____ thinks its important to still go out tonight. Who’s with me?
• _____ had been remembering another terrorist attack today, and now this.
• _____ is feeling a bit numb after hearing the news.
• _____’s family is all safe.
• _____ is mad, angry, frustrated, and at a loss. I hate our government!
• _____ is sad.
• _____ is welcoming in Adar, and mourning for Jerusalem.
• _____ is ok.
• _____ feels transported back to Jerusalem, circa 2001.
• _____ is wondering how long the Israeli government is going to keep trying to make peace with our enemies instead of throwing them out of Israel!
• _____ is safe after the terrorist attack, and is sad…………….
• _____ May Hashem Avenge their Blood.
• _____ is falling asleep to a lullaby of ambulance sirens.
• _____ is in pain for her nation.
• _____ is not able to comprehend.
• _____ is השם ינקום דמם.
• _____ is playing david broza to get some clarity.
• _____ is praying for those hurt by the terrorists in Israel today.
• _____ is wondering when the terrorism will end… just horrible news…
• _____ is crying to hashem..
• _____ weeps for the children who have returned to borders breached by what the universe must be given.
• _____ is sad and can’t fall asleep. may Hashem avenge their blood.
• _____ is trying to comprehend how it happened.
• _____ is wondering why she’s in america.
• _____ decries the cowardly Jihadist attack on Mercaz HaRav.
• _____ is waiting for the requisite post-bombing UN cycle of violence statement.
• _____ Can’t believe what happened tonight. I was scared for the first time EVER to walk around Jerusalem. What is going on here? Anyone in charge here????
• _____ is excited about [statement of hatred deleted] in the powerful month of Adar Bet. HaShem Yinakem Dmam.
• _____ is deeply saddened by the shooting in the Jerusalem yeshiva and is disgusted by others rejoicing this.
• _____ is really upset by the tragic events in Yerushalayim today. Hashem yerachem.
• _____ is literally sick from looking at the news.
• _____ is very sad.
• _____ doesn’t understand why the government is so incompetent.
• _____ על אלה אני בוכיה.
• _____ is hurting. She wishes a Shabbat Shalom of Geulah Slemah for ALL KLAL YISREAL!
• _____ is upset over today’s events.
• _____ Yochai Lipschitz, 18, of Jerusalem; Yonatan Yitzchak Eldar, 16, of Shiloh; Yonadav Chaim Hirschfeld, 19, of Kochav Hashahar; Neriah Cohen, 15, of Jerusalem, Roe.
• _____ is wondering what G-D is trying to hint to us on this fateful rosh chodesh adar – that itself is a contradiction in terms!
• _____ is shocked and sad at the murder of 8 young yeshivah students in Jerusalem by an Arab terrorist. Jews, wake up!!!
• _____ is looking forward to Shabbat Across America-Together, while Shabbating in Jerusalem, blocks from Yashiva Mercaz HaRav, where 8 Souls were taken from this World.
• _____ is still trying to comprehend…
• _____ is mourning with the families.
• _____ simply has no words.
• _____ is looking to a peaceful healing shabbat for all of am yisrael…
• _____: May God protect Israel, since our government certainly can’t.
• _____ hopes shab will make things better. why dont they get it?!
• _____ is trying to balance simcha and etzev…
• _____ is המקום יינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון השם ינקום דמם.