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Last update - 14:43 27/07/2005 Extremists put pulsa denura death curse on PM Ariel Sharon By Amiram Barkat A group of extreme-right activists said yesterday that they had held a ceremony to place a pulsa denura, a halakhic curse, on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in order to bring about his death. Michael Ben-Horin, among the organizers of the ceremony, said that in view of the tight security around Sharon, which "is ten times tighter than [was] the security around Hitler and Stalin," no man would be able to kill him. They had therefore called on the Angels of Destruction to kill Sharon, Ben-Horin said. Advertisement Twenty people reportedly took part in the ceremony, held last Thursday in the small northern town of Rosh Pina. The participants believe that Sharon will die in the coming 30 days, or else all those who took part in the ceremony would die. Pulsa denura - or "whip of fire" in Aramaic - is a curse with origins in Kabbalistic mysticism. It first came to light in Israel when far-right rabbis pronounced the curse during the turbulent period that preceded the death of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. The ceremony, which is supposed to cause the death of the subject within a year, calls upon the angels of destruction to refrain from forgiving the subject his sins, to kill him and to call down all the curses named in the Bible. Ben-Horin said that while Rabin was backed by an entire movement in society, Sharon is alone in advocating his disengagement plan. His death would cancel the pullout, Ben-Horin added. The ceremony's organizers also include Rabbi Yosef Dayan from the West Bank settlement of Psagot, who was among the rabbis who had placed a pulsa denura on Rabin. After Rabin's assassination, Dayan was arrested for threatening to place a curse on Shimon Peres. Dayan, a member of the outlawed radical Kahane Khai group and a former Knesset candidate for the group, said in September 2004 that he was ready to hold a pulsa denura ceremony for Sharon, and that he wished for his death. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Forgotten peace French FM: I fear distracted world may forget Mideast peace process. Settlers vs. Shin Bet Daniela Weiss: Shin Bet behind attack on left-wing advocate prof. Sternhell   1.   Pulsa denura 15:34  |  Temma 27/07/05   2.   The Power of curse 15:54  |  Yang seungkee 27/07/05   3.   Death Curse 16:21  |  Laura Peterson 27/07/05   4.   You need to be righteous to have any sway in what angels would decide 16:53  |  Daniel 27/07/05   5.   Pulsa Denura 17:30  |  sandra 27/07/05   6.   Living in Hell 17:47  |  kamel 27/07/05   7.   Not Torah only frauds! 18:17  |  Meir Fried 27/07/05   8.   Death curse on PM Sharon 22:26  |  Yael 27/07/05   9.   RE: Living in Hell 23:08  |  Eli 27/07/05   10.   The Death Curse 23:12  |  Shimon Z. Klein 27/07/05   11.   #7 Pulsa denura has nothing to do with Torah 23:20  |  Aviel Lignel 27/07/05   12.   Many misconceptions 00:32  |  Mikeal 28/07/05   13.   pulsa denura 00:40  |  sammy 28/07/05   14.   The prayer works 01:41  |  seungkee 28/07/05   15.   Think before writing 01:46  |  humble man 28/07/05   16.   Death Curse on Ariel Sharon 01:49  |  Jorge 28/07/05   17.   pulsa da nura 02:02  |  David Toub 28/07/05   18.   These "rabis" are terrorists 02:43  |  Bernard Jas 28/07/05   19.   pulsa denura 04:07  |  Stacey 28/07/05   20.   Pulsa Denura 05:11  |  Calev 28/07/05   21.   Living in hell? 05:53  |  Daniel 28/07/05   22.   Disgusting 06:48  |  David 28/07/05   23.   crazy and scary 07:01  |  Mike 28/07/05   24.   pulsa denura, 07:49  |  R.Krammer 28/07/05   25.   The Jewish Voodoo 08:35  |  Hendrix 28/07/05   26.   re: Living in hell? 12:55  |  Mohammed 28/07/05   27.   pulsa denura death curse 13:24  |  charlie saul 28/07/05   28.   Pulsa denura 13:32  |  naim s. mahlab 28/07/05   29.   To Eli Curse is on the way 13:57  |  kamel 28/07/05   30.   Not seeing reality 15:13  |  Matthew W. Marchaza 28/07/05   31.   To Mohammed 15:56  |  Shixa 28/07/05   32.   why wasre it on sharon when you have the pa??? 16:15  |  paul harris 28/07/05   33.   Blaspemous superstition 16:30  |  Henry 28/07/05   34.   Lashon Horah 17:25  |  Jeff 28/07/05   35.   Shabach`s conspiracy 19:18  |  Esther 28/07/05   36.   Pulsa Denura worked on Trotsky & Rabin 19:26  |  Yoav 28/07/05   37.   Curse on them 20:27  |  John 28/07/05   38.   #36 To Yoav 21:33  |  Aviel Lignel 28/07/05   39.   Response to Lashon Haroh 21:38  |  Aviel Lignel 28/07/05   40.   Pulsa Denura 22:17  |  Morrizz 28/07/05   41.   Tisha B`Av 22:43  |  Mitch 28/07/05   42.   Pulsa de Nura 22:57  |  Gad Giladi 28/07/05   43.   Pulsa De Nura 00:04  |  Tim 29/07/05   44.   seungkee 00:15  |  ruth 29/07/05   45.   Tisha B`av 00:26  |  yariv 29/07/05   46.   What if nobody dies? 00:51  |  Grif 29/07/05   47.   #18--well, you woudn`t arrest the rabbis 01:51  |  Paul Freedman 29/07/05   48.   pulsa denura 04:37  |  samuel 29/07/05   49.   Ruth 04:46  |  Seungkee 29/07/05   50.   Pulsa Denura---A ploy 06:45  |  Jonathan 29/07/05   51.   pulsa denura a criminal act? 13:53  |  avi fleischer 29/07/05   52.   pulsa denura on PM 14:42  |  Tzvi 29/07/05   53.   pulsa denua 17:03  |  ya`acov rosenrauch 29/07/05   54.   Pulsa Denura 18:16  |  G. Zang 29/07/05   55.   Pulsa Denura 18:50  |  Gabriel 29/07/05   56.   PULSA DNURA 19:56  |  MOSHE GEWIRTZ 29/07/05   57.   Sharon Curse 01:08  |  Brian 30/07/05   58.   Amiram Barkat 01:45  |  David Segal 30/07/05   59.   The Master Alchemist & theSorcerer`s Apprenticii 02:06  |  Mary 30/07/05   60.   Nutty Question 02:11  |  MLR 30/07/05   61.   Living in Hell 10:03  |  G.Zang 30/07/05   62.   Heavens Fire and Mercy 12:27  |  Nic Perquin 30/07/05   63.   #33 blasphemous superstition 18:37  |  Esther 30/07/05   64.   Pulsa Denura 19:12  |  Gatta 30/07/05   65.   convert to seungkee 21:45  |  justin 30/07/05   66.   ashkaweenie 21:51  |  Justin 30/07/05   67.   ashamed 00:32  |  g b 31/07/05   68.   RE: Living in Hell 08:17  |  Jon 31/07/05

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