When Rabbi Braitstein , President of Tikvah Layeled (Education Center for Cerebral Palsy (CP) children in Israel) �heard a commotion in the 4th�floor hallway, he went to investigate, he stopped� along the way to ask one of the staff members to join him just in case someone needed medical attention.� �He found the entire Tikvah Layeled � teachers � therapists , and children gathered around four-year-old Chava�la. �My heart pounded with fear as I tried to imagine what could have happened.�

�This is what I saw:�

Chava�la stood alone, slowly stepping first with one foot and then with the other.

Chava�la was walking!!

Chava�la who endured years of therapy, and never taken a step before!

Oh the joy, the cheers, the tears!

Oh the celebration; excitement as teachers therapists, and friends hugged and kissed the little girl , and danced around her as if she was a bride on her wedding day.

Little wonder. The tiny steps Chava�la took that day were her giant leap into health normalcy, and independence.