NPR Radio Reporting at Birchas Hachama in Maryland

GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Over 150 people attended the Birchas Hachama ceremony at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, including a reporter from NPR news. In attendance was Gaithersburg Council Member Ryan Spegal who also took part at the burning the Chometz.

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Part of the crowd at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County.

Rabbi Sholom Raichik, Director of Chabad of Upper Montgomery County leading the Birchas Hachama prayer.

From R to L, Shluchim Rabbi Sholom Raichik and Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum and Gaithersburg Council Member Ryan Spegal at the burning the Chometz ceremony.