Or Levy: 491 Days Starving in Gaza & It Was My 1st Time Connecting to Hashem
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
4.9 • 992 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Or Levy was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza for 491 days. In captivity, he endured relentless starvation, clung to life, and found God in the darkest of places. He did not know that his wife, Einav, had been murdered in the attacks until after his release. When he finally returned home, it was his young son who tried to comfort him. In this powerful conversation, Or opens up about his unimaginable ordeal, the moment he learned the truth about his wife, the faith that kept him alive, and his mission to fight for the hostages still left behind.
**Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of captivity, violence, brutality, and starvation.
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• Miriam Sarah bas Yaakov Moshe• Einav Levy
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| 0:00.0 | And for that point, I waited for 491 days. |
| 0:03.7 | You're afraid of dying the entire time. |
| 0:05.6 | At any moment, either the Hamas terrorists will decide they want to kill you because... |
| 0:11.4 | You know, the first place you're in, you're there for five months, and the next place, |
| 0:14.8 | so many months, so much time. And we say that in ascendance, but how are you passing that time? |
| 0:19.6 | How are you not going crazy? |
| 0:20.7 | You're super hungry because you don't eat and you want to sleep because when you sleep, you don't feel the hunger. |
| 0:26.6 | And they prevent this. All sorts of things. |
| 0:28.6 | What was your relationship like with God? |
| 0:30.6 | I used to talk to the crack in the ceiling. |
| 0:34.6 | And then we got underground and I switched the crack with LED. And then we |
| 0:39.9 | moved to another tunnel. There was just darkness. And for the first time, I said, oh, God. Could you, |
| 0:45.6 | I guess, share the different places that you were and how they treated you? No food, no electricity. |
| 0:52.0 | Most of the time, it was just a meal, a meal a day. |
| 0:56.3 | There's that picture of you hugging your son. What was that like seeing him for the first time? |
| 1:01.5 | The first question that he asked me was... |
| 1:05.7 | Orr Levy and his wife just arrived at the Nova Festival when they were torn apart. |
| 1:12.2 | Orr was beaten and starved for 491 days in Gaza and emerged to the unthinkable. This is his story. This is the actual |
| 1:18.6 | starvation going on in Gaza. This episode is parrided by hiring for less, Bipin, wheels to lease, |
| 1:23.9 | and fell time. This episode is a memory of Mirim Sarabas Yaakov Moshe and Shimonthew and Yomid Shlameh. And of course, Enov Faltaim. This episode is a memory of Mirim Sarabas, Yaakov Moshe, and Shimon Dhabi Bhani Bhani-Khavid-Hav-Leyme. And of course, Enov-Levi. This episode is Rufuah Shlema, Yosef Chaim van Devorah Goulda. Stick around to watch the entire episode. It has more hope and light than you'd ever anticipate. Here we go. Or Levy, thank you so much for doing this. |
| 1:44.7 | Thank you for inviting me. |
| 1:46.4 | There's a lot to talk about, but before October 7th, |
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