Among the literal interpretations found for the expression: Ball of fire, whip of fire, burst of fire. The two writers have made a study of the places in which the term pulsa denura appears in the sources, and have found that it is usually a reference to divine punishment imposed by God on angels, and not a curse or banishment from the community. Dov Schwartz of Bar-Ilan University and Haredi activist Moshe Blau, spoke at length with three high-ranking kabbalists, and received the answers: 'I don't know of it,' 'I've never heard of any such thing,' and 'There is no such curse in the Torah.' It is doubtful if any Israeli public figure could be considered truly high-ranking without a pulsa denura being invoked against him at least once - in a synagogue or at least in a press leak.Р”Вespite all this, an article in the religion supplement of the independent ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) weekly Mishpacha recently claimed that there is, in fact, no such thing.

If it has been uttered by unworthy persons or against a target who has not sinned, the curse is supposed to have a boomerang effect.Р”Р„mong the persons against whom the pulsa denura has been recited, or at least against whom its use has been threatened: the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, the late Jerusalem mayor Gershon Agron and the incumbent mayor, Uri Lupolianski.

If the curse has been uttered by worthy and righteous men and against an appropriate target, the target is supposed to die within the year. According to descriptions found in books and the media, ten righteous kabbalists gather at midnight in a synagogue, by the light of black candles, blow shofars and recite the curse. Pulsa denura is commonly considered the most severe of kabbalistic curses.

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