Elisha Ben Abuyah in Jewish Mythology

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Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Elisha Ben Abuyah from across Jewish tradition.

What does Elisha Ben Abuyah mean in Jewish mythology?

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Elisha Ben Abuyah from across Jewish tradition.

1 myth on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines elisha ben abuyah, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.

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Elisha Saw Metatron Sit and Became Acher

One glimpse above wiped his ledger of merits blank. When he died, fire burned over his grave until Rabbi Meir spread a cloak across it.

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