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Jewish women attend a kosher lunch at the Ashkenazi synagogue in Baku. (Larry Luxner via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Cnaan Liphshiz<\/p>\n

Leaders of the Jewish community of Azerbaijan have postponed public celebrations of Purim because the joyous Jewish holiday coincides this year with a national day of mourning.<\/p>\n

This is the first time in many years that Purim falls on the anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre, an atrocity that occurred on Feb. 25, 1992, in which Armenian troops killed 613 Azerbaijanis in the city of Khojaly, according to Rabbi Zamir Isayev, chairman of Georgian Jewish community of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we are observing all the commandments of Purim indoors, but we\u2019ve moved public displays to Feb. 28,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Purim, Jews are commanded to drink alcohol, and it is customary to dress up, pull pranks and give out sweets and other gifts.<\/p>\n

This \u201cwouldn\u2019t be appropriate on the memorial anniversary of Khojaly,\u201d the rabbi said.<\/p>\n

The anniversary is a solemn affair in which schools teach about Khojaly and television channels air only documentary and memorial programs.<\/p>\n

Children attending the two Jewish schools and the Jewish kindergarten of Baku, where most of Azerbaijan\u2019s some 8,000 Jews live, asked students not to come wearing costumes, as they normally do on Purim, Isayev said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will dress up on Sunday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Shneur Segal, the rabbi of Baku\u2019s Ashkenazi community and the top emissary of Chabad to Azerbaijan, said: \u201cWe are citizens of this multinational state, and as such, the Khojaly Massacre is also our tragedy. We mourn the loss of those peaceful Azerbaijanis who were cruelly murdered.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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