▁a ▁heaven ly ▁pun ishment ▁against ▁a ▁person ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁ful fill ▁their ▁religious ▁oblig ations . ▁ ▁Some ▁ad her ents ▁of ▁Kab bal ah ▁developed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁inv oking ▁a ▁cur se ▁against ▁a ▁s inner , ▁which ▁they ▁term ed ▁pul sa ▁de N ura . ▁The ▁source ▁for ▁this ▁modern ▁rit ual ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁Kab bal ah , ▁but ▁among ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁mag ical ▁manual s ▁of ▁anti qu ity , ▁such ▁as ▁Se fer ▁Ha R az im ▁and ▁The ▁S word ▁of ▁Mos es . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁ceremony , ▁J uda ism ▁disc ou rages ▁pray ing ▁that ▁an ▁evil ▁person ▁die , ▁and ▁instead ▁recomm ends ▁pray ing ▁that ▁the ▁person ▁rep ent ▁and ▁ce ase ▁their ▁evil ▁de eds . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁usage ▁Acc us ations ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁this ▁cur se ▁by ▁religious ▁Jews ▁against ▁Jewish ▁figures ▁who ▁have ▁committed ▁major ▁trans gress ions ▁has ▁been ▁made ▁often ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁ 5 0 ▁years ▁and ▁quoted ▁mostly ▁in ▁Isra eli ▁media . ▁As ▁the ▁saying ▁goes ▁in ▁Israel ▁" you ▁have ▁not ▁made ▁it ▁in ▁Isra eli ▁politics ▁until ▁you ' ve ▁been ▁curs ed ▁by ▁the ▁Pul sa ▁Di N ura ." ▁ ▁Early ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁H ared i ▁Jews ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁were ▁accused ▁by ▁the ▁media ▁of ▁having ▁rec ited ▁the ▁cur se ▁against ▁the ▁lingu ist ▁El ie zer ▁Ben ▁Ye h