Touching and Spectacular: "Special Children Can Dress Up Too"

Purim is the holiday of costumes, and every mother knows that from the beginning of the month of Adar, children come home each day dressed in different costumes that fulfill their dreams and aspirations. But what about special children? Those confined to wheelchairs or walkers?

Ruti Abramovich, principal of Magen HaLev School in Ashdod, notes that the desires of special children are no different from those of other children. They too often find themselves dreaming of dressing up, but the fact that they are confined to wheelchairs makes it challenging to fulfill that dream.

Nachman

Last year, an Israeli organization called Milbat, which creates equipment for children, adults, and the elderly with disabilities, approached the school she manages. Milbat offered to dress up the children along with their wheelchairs - a project that was incredibly successful, beyond all imagination. This year, the organization carried out the same project, and the results, as seen in the pictures, are dazzling to every eye.

Fulfilling Dreams

Abramovich recounts that the project began long before Purim, when representatives from Milbat came to the school and invited the children's parents to a joint meeting. The representatives sat together with the parents and children, listened to the dreams of the disabled children, and noted the perfect costumes they wanted. They recorded everything, and now, with Purim approaching, they unveiled the amazing costumes.

Torah Costume

"I have no words to describe the children's excitement," Abramovich shares, "The children were so happy. Most of the boys wanted to dress up as things symbolizing strength and heroism, doing things that were previously out of reach, like being pilots, drivers, running fast. We even had a Breslov Hasidic dancer and a sweet Torah scroll under the chuppah. The girls mainly wanted to be princesses, and we decorated their wheelchairs in an incredible way. They looked absolutely beautiful."

Abramovich concludes by noting that without the Milbat organization, the costumes would not have come to life, as a professional team is needed to produce the required equipment and make everything so perfect. "The children are happy, and so are the parents. There's no doubt they will have an especially joyous Purim this year," she concludes with satisfaction.

Pilot Costume