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| 'Pulsa denura' death curse invoked against Sharon by rightwing activists |
| 2005-07-26 |
| An event which goes to show that the Death to Everyone crowd is non-exclusive ..... Far-right activists instigated a pulsa denura - Aramaic for 'lashes of fire' - death curse against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon last Thursday night in an effort to thwart the upcoming disengagement plan. The ceremony was held late Thursday night at the gravesite of Shlomo Ben-Yosef, a Betar member who was hanged by the British in 1938 for firing on an Arab bus in protest of numerous attacks by Arabs on Jewish targets. Twenty married men, including rabbis and kabalists, participated in the ceremony. All 20, including Yosef Dayan - who instigated the same curse several months prior to the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin - assembled at the gravesite, which is located near Safed. Each man immersed himself in the mikve (ritual bath) before donning black garb and beginning to chant. They had received permission to invoke the pulsa denura from a host of rabbis and kabalists, who said it was the appropriate time to resort to using the curse. Far-right activist Michael Ben-Horin explained that the point of the curse was to exempt a human from having to kill Ariel Sharon, allowing "the angels of destructions" to do it instead. Baruch Ben Yosef, a far-right activist who participated in the ceremony, told The Jerusalem Post that "The ten men prayed to god for him to rid us of the evil murderous dictator [Sharon]. Ben Yosef said that the gravesite was chosen because, "Shlomo was the antithesis of a Sharon." "Ben Yosef gave his life for the Jewish people and refused to recognize the British government, while Sharon does everything for himself," Ben Yosef declared. Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz has decided in the past not to launch criminal investigations into rabbis who have instigated the death curse. Mazuz's decision was based on a previous court ruling in the matter of Avigdor Askin, in which it was decided that the pulsa denura curse ceremony does not constitute a criminal offense |
| Posted by:too true |
| #11 I can picture Ariel Sharon breaking into a dance and singing that old Cole Porter tune: You do something to me Something that simply mystifies me Tell me, why should it be You have the power to hypnotize me Let me live 'neath your spell *You* do that voodoo that you do so well For you do something to me That nobody else could do. |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-07-26 21:46 |
| #10 Next a "rabbi" from this sect (it ain't a very Jewish one) will be caught conjuring up a Golem. In other news the ISS (top sectret Israeli Secret Spacestation) was getting ready to take delivery of the new and improved Zionist Death Ray™ from the Space Shuttle launched from the Zionists supporter and lackey the USA Tuesday. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-26 21:06 |
| #9 FYI, this curse has never worked the many times I tried it. Thank God these jokers didn't try this when Arafat was on his death bed. It would have started Armageddon. I agree with the guy who says that the Ultra Orthodox have transposed Judaism into something it isn't. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2005-07-26 17:21 |
| #8 The shaved heads bit is a weirdy. After marriage, they are not supposed to display their hair in public, for erotic reasons, hair being erotic. So they shave their hair and wear wigs. Not too long ago, there was a panic because most of the wigs are natural human hair from India, and a rumor started that they were contaminated with a pagan ritual. Women *there* were shaving their heads to raise money for their Hindu temple, and some ceremony was involved. So orthodox Jewish women suddenly all appeared in public bald, until a Rabbinical court could determine if the wigs were okay or not. Ironically, this sort of thing happens in Israel with all to great a frequency. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-07-26 17:12 |
| #7 I feel better now, but the ultra orthos up the street drive me wild with their weekly deliveries of kosher, and then they throw the best stuff out! Then it's stolen, people are crazy. |
| Posted by: Hatfield 2005-07-26 15:33 |
| #6 prohibition against all music and decoration, Sounds very Talibani... I have heard amongst ultra-orthodox Jews some women do shave their heads, and quit wearing make-up once they are married. Poor husband... Unless he's into bald women... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-26 15:15 |
| #5 Some ultra-orthodox Jews are so devolved from Judaism that they are almost funny if you know something about Judaism. Some incorporate traditions that are inherently anti-Jewish, and slavishly abide by them. Some I'vd been told about includes practices such as "mortification of the flesh" (self-flaggelation), living among their own feces, rejection of all knowledge not found in the Pentatuch and Talmud (sound familiar?), prohibition against all music and decoration, and the rejection of all Jews not belonging to their sect. Several are apocalyptic and messianic cults, and are far more cultish than the Branch Davidians. Most other Jews are properly appalled by their behavior, but surprisingly, the various groups band together to form effective, if annoying political parties in Israel. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-07-26 14:41 |
| #4 If the Boston Red Sox can beat the Babe Ruth curse, then Ariel Sharon should be able to beat the Pulsa Denura curse... After all Denura never played for the New York Yankees.... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-26 14:04 |
| #3 An event which goes to show that the Death to Everyone crowd is non-exclusive ..... perhaps. but at least they're not killing each other. come to think of it, no culture condones that. well, except one. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-07-26 13:12 |
| #2 Hummm... lashes of fire make purdy good name for Mesican dish. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-26 12:35 |
| #1 Pulse Denura? Is that anything like an Avada Kedavra? |
| Posted by: BH 2005-07-26 12:12 |