Every Passover, Jews set an extra cup of wine on the dinner table and open the door for the enigmatic prophet Elijah, hoping he will enter. An evolving symbol of hope and redemption in Judaism over ...

ELIJAH'S CLIMACTIC confrontation on Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal, the centerpiece of this week’s haftarah (I Kings 18:1-39), which ends in the Divine acceptance of the prophet’s ...

The Baltimore Choral Arts Society will perform 'Elijah' Sunday, with bass-baritone Carl DuPont in the role of the Old Testament prophet.

The children have sung Mah Nishtanah and now, late into the evening, it is time for the prophet Elijah — Eliyahu Hanavi — to arrive and sip some wine that we have set aside for him, in his own ...

I have seen some people on the night of Passover who pour a special cup and place it on the table, saying that this is the cup for Elijah the prophet — and I don’t know the reason. But it seems that ...

Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation Daniel C. Matt. Yale Univ, $26 (248p) ISBN 978-0-300-24270-6. National Jewish Book Award winner Matt (God and the Big Bang) ...

Maimonides insists that it is not so. “It is not right to alienate, scorn and hate people who desecrate the Sabbath,” he said. “It is our duty to befriend them and encourage them to fulfill the ...

However, Elijah and his protégé Elisha are, indeed, major characters in the early history of the Kingdom of Israel. They are called miracle-working prophets of whom Elijah is considered the first, but ...

Prophets vs kings: Speaking truth to power in the Bible. The most famous story is that of Elijah the Prophet at the vineyard of Naboth. King Ahab of Israel, a powerful king, desired Naboth’s ...

Elijah There are several local legends about this cave. Apparently it’s famous for curing the mentally ill and for women who want to have a son. According to a Jewish pilgrim in 1742 the small ...