Hebrew → English transcript

He says that about a month after the captivity he insisted on putting on tefillin and receiving a siddur and the Tanakh.

He asks Hamas militants to bring him the items.

And they found them due to the presence of IDF soldiers in the Strip.

Also, Ehudi made sure to pray shacharit, mincha and maariv three times a day.

That was part of the routine he demanded of himself, and he also says,

It was clear to me that I would get out of the captivity; the places where I was were bombed,

but I was not harmed, thanks to a long string of miracles over an extended period.

He spoke today with Rabbanit Tzili Schneider of the Jewish Connection organization,

and with media figure Shneor Ehrlich.

This is how Ehudi coped in this hell for a long time.

A connection to tradition and faith: putting on tefillin and reading the Tanakh and the Chumash.