The second Israeli to ever reach space, Eytan, is about to celebrate Passover in space.
The first fully private crewed mission to the International Space Station was launched by four crew members last Friday. The crew will be on a 10-day space mission which includes about eight days in the space lab.
The Houston company Axiom Space organized the event and it was commanded by a former NASA Astronaut. The crew left Earth in a Dragon capsule.
The crew will be on the International Space Station during the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins on Friday.
During a pre-launch news conference on April 1, Stibbe said that Passover is all about freedom, which is a value which we celebrate annually and remind ourselves about the importance of freedom.
There are live updates on the private mission to the space station.
The holiday has been celebrated in space before. The first Jewish person to live on the space station celebrated the holiday in 2008. Nineteen Jewish people have gone to space to date, including private astronauts and actor William Shatner.
The story of the liberation of the enslaved Jewish people and their exodus from ancient Egypt is said to have taken place in 1446 B.C.E., according to religious texts.
The holiday is based on a 3000-year-old story, where the famous phrase "let my people go" was uttered by Moses.
The traditional Passover Seder, a ritual meal marking the beginning of the holiday, is one of the traditions in that feast. A Seder includes drinking at least four glasses of wine, but I don't think I will find any in the station. I don't think I need a glass to drink wine.
Alcohol is not allowed aboard the space station because of the possible damage it can do to onboard technology. In the past, Russian cosmonauts have smuggled bits of booze on board, with some seeming to be the drink of choice.
Unleavened bread is a staple of the Passover Seder and the holiday as a whole. During the eight-day holiday, those who keep kosher will not eat bread, grains, or legumes. Keeping it out of the home is one of the traditions that not everyone follows.
Rabbi Zvi Konikov of Chabad of the Space and Treasure Coasts, a synagogue in Florida, provided the matzah and other Passover provisions.
This is different, and I knew it would be difficult to eatkosher.
The 19th Jewish person ever to go to space is also the second Israeli. Ilam Ramon was one of the astronauts who died when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart on its return to Earth.
The Ramon Foundation was founded in Ramon's honor by his family. A number of scientific experiments have been carried with him to conduct during his stay aboard the space station.
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