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Headline: RAW VIDEO: Happy Zero-Gravity Hanukkah! Jewish Holiday Celebrated Aboard International Space Station

Caption: Astronauts on the International Space Station have been celebrating Hanukkah, or Chanukah, with a paper menorah the traditional spinning of a dreidel - in zero gravity! Crew member Jasmin Moghbeli shared this video footage of the dreidel spinning after Hanukkah got underway on Thursday (7December2023) night. She wrote on social media: “Happy Hanukkah from the @Space_Station!! Real candles not allowed!” Moghbehli is of Iranian-Persian heritage. She celebrates Hanukkah as her husband is Jewish and the couple, who have two daughters, usually mark the holiday together. Hanukkah continues until Friday 15 December.

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