Herzog Welcomes Children in Purim Wheelchair Costumes

Photo Credit: courtesy, Beit Issie Shapiro

Children from Beit Issie Shapiro and their children show their whleelchair-accessible Purim costumes at the President's Residence. March 12 , 2025

Children with disabilities from Beit Issie Shapiro and their parents proudly displayed their special wheelchair-accessible Purim costumes on Wednesday in a visit to the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

Children from Beit Issie Shapiro and their children show their whleelchair-accessible Purim costumes at the President’s Residence. March 12 , 2025

Israel’s First Lady Michal Herzog hosted the delegation, with President Isaac Herzog making an unscheduled appearance as well.

The pre-Purim event celebrated the tenth anniversary of the organization’s “Dream Costumes” initiative, which incorporated each child’s mobility device as a key part of an original Purim costume created by designers from the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) and from WIX.