Kabbalah Questions

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• 1 Cheryl // Jan 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm

  In the Babylonian Talmud, in tractate Hagigah 15a, a page contains an Aggadic section concerning the heresies of Elisha ben Abuya, an account is given of Elisha’s encounter with the angel Metatron and the subsequent erroneous course of action taken by Metatron. The seeming mistake of Metatron established him as being liable to receive a sentence of 60 Pulsei (pl. of ‘Pulsa’) D’nura: "אפקוהו למיטטרון ומחיוהו שיתין פולסי דנורא" "They took out Metatron and lashed him with 60 pulses of fire."

  A pulsa d’nura is also mentioned once in the Zohar (section 3:263c, Raya Mehemna), one of the classic works of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). There it is described as a heavenly punishment against a person who does not fulfill their religious obligations. The phrase appears in a small number of other locations in the Talmud and Zohar, but not in the context of a mystical curse.

  Some adherents of Kabbalah developed the idea of invoking a curse against a sinner, which they termed pulsa diNura.

  According to Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok, from Yeshivat Benei N’vi’im, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the popular perception of the pulsa dinura as a curse is mistaken. He writes:

  The Pulsa D’Nora has wrongfully been associated with a certain school of Kabbalah known as Kabbalah Ma’asit (practical). The Pulsa D’Nora is not a magical formula. Torah and Judaism have no connection to or tolerance of magic in any form. Therefore, the consideration of anything in holy Kabbalah, an integral part of [God's] Torah from Sinai to have any ties to magic is a spurious and offensive suggestion. The Pulsa D’Nora is actually not a "curse of death" as many mistakenly believe. No Rabbi or Kabbalist has the right or authority to curse another to death. In accordance to Torah Law, the only way a Jew is put to death is for violation of specific Biblical laws and then only after being tried and condemned by a kosher and authoritative Sanhedrin, the likes of which have not existed in Israel and among the Jewish people since the days of the Temple.

• 2 Homicide_PAID_DUES // Jan 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm

  Jerry is trying to pick up some guys. Why don’t you ask ‘him’.

• 3 Cher // Jan 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm

  Cause the bible is man made and false!

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