coffee > Personally I think the סיום השס was from joy yet
yes, this is bothersome. Corona was already out at that time, we just were not aware …
The event was inspiring indeed for many people, including kids. The hesaron I noticed then (not to fully diminish inspiration) was that the speaker row was Agudah-inspired. I read somewhere that YU had their own little event and then went to the large one despite being excluded from the podium. It would be more meaningful if the “anu rotzim” include everyone in “anu”.