Eating hand-made shmurah matzah in space during Passover may sound like something out of a sci-fi film, but when four astronauts lift off tomorrow on the Axiom Space mission to the International Space Station, that is exactly what will happen, given the mission’s timing around the start of Passover, which begins this year at sundown on Friday, April 15. Taking the matzah will be Israeli astronaut Etyan Stibbe, 64. The former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and philanthropist was given a box of handmade shmurah matzah as well as other provisions for Passover by Rabbi Zvi Konikov of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Space & Treasure Coasts in Florida. Find more information at https://www.chabad.org/5486713.
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