Elijah

Elijah — known as Eliyahu in Hebrew — was a prophet in the book of Kings who championed the worship of God during the reign of King Ahab, a time when many were turning to the worship of the Canaanite god, Ba'al. Elijah performed miracles to prove the superiority of the God of Israel. He never died but was taken to the heavens in a fiery chariot. He reappears in the Talmud to address difficult questions, and a cup is put out for him as part of the Passover seder. It is also believed that his return will signal that the arrival of the messiah is imminent.