At 2.5 months old, baby Hallel was rushed to the emergency room with a blood protein level of 1.7 - just above the threshold for intensive care. What her parents, Talia and Dudi, discovered that day would change their family of six forever.
Hallel was diagnosed with PLE - Protein-Losing Enteropathy - a rare, life-threatening condition in which the body continuously loses the proteins and antibodies essential to survival. Without them, her immune system has no weapons. She cannot be vaccinated against measles, influenza, or any common virus. An ordinary cold that sends your child to bed for a day can send Hallel to the hospital for months.
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"When something small enters the house - a stomach bug, a common cold - we don't see a sick child," says her father, Dudi. "We see a prolonged hospitalization, months of isolation. When the proteins drop, she swells up from head to toe, from her face to the soles of her feet. This child cannot simply go out and play in the yard."
For nearly three years, Hallel has endured hospitalizations of up to two months at a time - complete isolation in a room barely larger than a square meter. Four siblings wait at home. Two parents run on empty. And every day that passes is another day Hallel's body fights without the tools it needs.
Over 1,000 people have already stepped forward - raising more than 1,059,000 ₪ toward the 2,800,000 ₪ needed to send Hallel to Philadelphia. The gap is real. So is the urgency.
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After years of treatment by Israel's leading specialists produced no results, the doctors made an extraordinary decision. They wrote the family a formal letter with a single instruction: go to the United States immediately.
CHOP - the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - is the world's leading medical center for cases like Hallel's. It is the only place that offers her a real chance at a functioning immune system and a normal life.
"Last week I enrolled Hallel in kindergarten for next year," says her mother, Talia. "When I told Dudi, he asked me: 'Which kindergarten?' And I said - I'm going to the United States. I don't know how long it will take, but I will do everything it takes to bring her home healthy."
The financial reality is crushing. Managing two households - one in Israel, one in Philadelphia - alongside ongoing medical treatments, long-term accommodations, and daily costs adds up to approximately 2,800,000 ₪. No family can carry this alone.
"We are setting out on a journey we don't know how we will survive," Talia and Dudi said together. "It is a brutal journey - medically, emotionally, and financially. We cannot do this alone. Every shekel you donate brings Hallel one step closer to a new life."
There is no countdown clock on this campaign. The urgency is simpler than that: every day Hallel remains without treatment in Philadelphia is another day her body fights unprotected. The window does not close on a date. It closes on a child.
More than 1,000 donors have already made their choice. Now it's yours.
This Purim, Your Mitzvah Can Save a Life
Purim is nearly here - the holiday of joy, of giving, of remembering that every Jewish soul is connected.
The mitzvah of Matanot La'evyonim - gifts to those in need - is one of the most meaningful obligations of the day. This year, there is a family that needs you.
Talia and Dudi are not asking for charity. They are asking for a miracle - one that you can be part of. A donation to Hallel's campaign before Purim is not just a contribution to a medical fund. It is a gift that could give a child her life back.
This Purim, let your tzedakah carry a name: Hallel.
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Watch Hallel's parents tell their story in their own words - and understand why this journey cannot wait.
