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26-07-05, 16:36
Extremists pronounce Pulsa denura death curse on PM
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Service
A group of extreme-right activists said on Tuesday 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 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.
Pulsa denura - or "whip of fire" in Aramaic - is a curse with origins in Kabala 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 Yossef 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 group Kahana Khai and a former Knesset candidate of 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.
Probe of rabbi who urged curse
In a separate case, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz Monday recommended that a disciplinary hearing be held for a senior rabbi in the north over a number of statements including alleged calls for a Pulsa denura against Sharon and other ministers who support the disengagement.
Mazuz on Monday handed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni his report on the case of the chief municipal rabbi of the northern town of Kiryat Motzkin, Rabbi David Meir Druckman.
Druckman, comparing Sharon to Soviet dictator Yosef Stalin, proposed declaring a Pulsa denura that would send Sharon "not, God forbid, to a world of good, but to the goats and cows in [Sharon's] Sycamore Ranch."
Druckman is among the leaders of a group of rabbis who support soldiers' refusal to carry out orders linked to the disengagement. The rabbis also issued a Halkhic ruling placing a strict ban on taking part in the evacuation of settlements.
Mazuz's recommendation followed a series of complaints filed against Druckman by the Israeli Religious Action Center during the last 18 months.
In its complaints, the center claimed that Druckman used to lash out in public against Sharon, ministers and against government policies, while boasting of his status as town rabbi.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/604981.html
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By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Service
A group of extreme-right activists said on Tuesday 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 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.
Pulsa denura - or "whip of fire" in Aramaic - is a curse with origins in Kabala 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 Yossef 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 group Kahana Khai and a former Knesset candidate of 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.
Probe of rabbi who urged curse
In a separate case, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz Monday recommended that a disciplinary hearing be held for a senior rabbi in the north over a number of statements including alleged calls for a Pulsa denura against Sharon and other ministers who support the disengagement.
Mazuz on Monday handed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni his report on the case of the chief municipal rabbi of the northern town of Kiryat Motzkin, Rabbi David Meir Druckman.
Druckman, comparing Sharon to Soviet dictator Yosef Stalin, proposed declaring a Pulsa denura that would send Sharon "not, God forbid, to a world of good, but to the goats and cows in [Sharon's] Sycamore Ranch."
Druckman is among the leaders of a group of rabbis who support soldiers' refusal to carry out orders linked to the disengagement. The rabbis also issued a Halkhic ruling placing a strict ban on taking part in the evacuation of settlements.
Mazuz's recommendation followed a series of complaints filed against Druckman by the Israeli Religious Action Center during the last 18 months.
In its complaints, the center claimed that Druckman used to lash out in public against Sharon, ministers and against government policies, while boasting of his status as town rabbi.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/604981.html
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