Yair Levi[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Yair Levi is an Israeli Singer-Songwriter and producer. His songs rang from folk-pop-Israeli style to Jewish soul music. Levi has an unusual life story- long IDF military service as a Navy Seal officer.

Yair Levi was born and raised in Zichron Yaacov, as a child he studied at the "ORT Hashomron" School in Binyamina. In high school he was a member of the band "Feedback".

In 2007, Levi joined to the IDF service and began the And started the warrior course of the elite unit "Shayetet 13" (Similar to the Navy Seal) , which he completed in 2009. After 5 years of service as a fighter, Levi went to officers course and became a commander in the unit. Levi left the service at the end of 2014 with the rank of major.

Israeli Career[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

After he quit the service, Levi started working on his debut album "Breathe Again" and in 2016 Levi started releasing first songs from the album. In July 2016, he released his first song, "Gam Ksheat" ("Even When You Are") to the radio.

A month later he released the song "Mangan" in which he hosted Arkady Duchin. The song, which sounds like a love song, actually talks about Levi's longing for his guitar which he forgot to take on his trip. The song won the song of the week on the "Gimel" network and entered the Israeli chatrs.

In November 2016, Levi released the song "Breathe Again". A song written by Levi after finding himself a few weeks after he fought in a military operation "Tzuk Aitan" and quit from the army and flew to Nepal. A few weeks after the war he went on a hike in the Himalayas towards Everest. The contrast between war and freedom led to the writing of the song, which also became the name of the album.

In January 2017, Levi released the duet "Ten Li" ("Give Me") with the singer Anat Malmud, a prayer song in which the producer and creator Moshe Levy also participates. The song entered the biggest radio station in Israel "Galgalatz", .

In March 2017, Levi released the song "Of Kadima", a song written by Ziv Shilon in memory of his good friend Captain Yochai Klangel.

In April 2017, Levi launched his first album at Zappa Herzliya. The album was financed through the Headstart campaign for a total of NIS 61,085.

In August 2017, Levi released "Drifting to You",. In the video clip of the song, his teammate from the army, Dean Miroshnikov, participates.

In 2019 he began delivering a meetings / lectures "Beyond The Scope" which combines his personal story with his songs.

In September 2018, Levi released a duet with the singer Butzer which wrote by Rabbi Kook "Mimidbar Matana" ("From the Desert of Gift") (The Song of Faith).

In December 2019 he released the theme song album "Release Grip".

Between the years 2019-2020, Levi began touring all over Israel with a musical lecture "Beyond The Scope" in which he tells the story of Levi's performance in front of a large audience of teenagers and soldiers before enlistment.

International Career[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

In April 2020 during the Corona plague, Levy released the song "Rafa Na" REFA NA Prayer for healing which became an international hit.

"Refa Na"- A prayer for healing.[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Started as a prayer song for healing, "Refa Na" has become an international phenomenon. It was created by Yair Levi who dedicated it for the healing of his grandmother who fell ill. The song was composed on the base of the powerful prayer of Moses to his sister Miriam "El Na Rafa Na La". After the song went viral hundreds of cover versions from all over the world were created for it in different languages.

The song has reached dozens of pages of different organizations and was even produced as part of a global campaign by the Hadassah Organization. Many Interviews were conducted and written about the song and even a "Refa Na" game was created for Jewish students around the world.

In the near future, several new versions of the song are expected to be released: a Chinese version performed by two top chinese singers will be released in the coming weeks in China, two Indian versions will be released in Tagalog and Hindu in India, and perhaps the most exciting version to be released will be the one with a Lebanese singer in Arabic.

A lot of the amazing responses the song gets related to the healing power and connection feelings expressed by it. Another rare and beautiful phenomenon we are witnessing is the connections the song manages to make between people from different cultures and religions, connections that are actually created thanks to a verse from the Torah.

More songs from Refa Na Project[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

In September 2020, Levi released two songs (Ben Adam, Anano) for the Slichot and Holidays period, the most prominent of which is "Ben Adam" in which he hosted the reality star, singer and dancer Assaf Goren.

In March 2021, Levi released the song "Home" with the American- Israeli singer Joshua Aaron Which has become one of the most played songs in the "Christian Music" genre in the streaming services in many countries.

In June 2021, Levi released the song "Leah's Prayer" with the family of Hadar Goldin- The Israeli officer who was Kidnapped during Operation Tzuk Eitan. The song was released for his return home and was named by the his mother, Leah