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Elijah
(9th century BCE) was one of Israel's greatest prophet. He opposed the
worship of Baal under King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.
He
is one of the two chosen souls described in the Bible as having ascended
directly into heaven in his body form (2 Kings 2:1 and 2:11), as Enoch did
(Genesis 5:24). Non-canonical writings also describe the bodily ascension
to heaven of Moses, Abraham, Ezra and
Isaiah.
His Hebrew name, Eliyahu, means "my God is YHVH."
He is said to be a guide to all of those who study deeply the mystical
aspect Judaism (Kabbalah).
  
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