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English term or phrase:
z"l
Japanese translation:
故
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Mumu Watanabe (X)
May 22, 2006 08:41
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z"l
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原文にはRose Goldman z"lとなっています。何かの称号でしょうか。
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
原文にはRose Goldman z"lとなっています。何かの称号でしょうか。
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
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| 3 | "may his/her memory be a blessing" |
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"may his/her memory be a blessing"
A very interesting question. I think you can leave it as such in the translation.
Z"l is a "title" given to the deceased (in religious context). A deceased rabbi may take the title zt"l. Please see the ref. for details.
FYI:
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/acronyms.htm
The abbreviation z"l, standing for the Hebrew words 'of blessed memory' are occasionally appended to a name and thus your degree of 'orthodoxy' and hasidic in-groupishness may be determined by whether you refer to Luria or the Ari or the Arizal.
http://www.tor-ch.org/words.html
zt"l
(acronym, zichron tzadik livracha; lit. the memory of a tzadik is a blessing) honorific appended to the names of dead rabbis and righteous people
z"l
(acronym, zichrono (fem. zichronah) livrachah; lit. may his/her memory be a blessing) appended to the names of those who have died
Hamaayan / The Torah Spring - Matos-Masei - Torah.orgR' Yaakov Kamenetsky z"l (rosh yeshiva in Torah Vodaath; died 1986) elaborates: ... Similarly, in the future, He will send the "aim" - acronym for "Eliyahu, ...
www.torah.org/learning/hamaayan/5761/matos.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
Z"l is a "title" given to the deceased (in religious context). A deceased rabbi may take the title zt"l. Please see the ref. for details.
FYI:
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/acronyms.htm
The abbreviation z"l, standing for the Hebrew words 'of blessed memory' are occasionally appended to a name and thus your degree of 'orthodoxy' and hasidic in-groupishness may be determined by whether you refer to Luria or the Ari or the Arizal.
http://www.tor-ch.org/words.html
zt"l
(acronym, zichron tzadik livracha; lit. the memory of a tzadik is a blessing) honorific appended to the names of dead rabbis and righteous people
z"l
(acronym, zichrono (fem. zichronah) livrachah; lit. may his/her memory be a blessing) appended to the names of those who have died
Hamaayan / The Torah Spring - Matos-Masei - Torah.orgR' Yaakov Kamenetsky z"l (rosh yeshiva in Torah Vodaath; died 1986) elaborates: ... Similarly, in the future, He will send the "aim" - acronym for "Eliyahu, ...
www.torah.org/learning/hamaayan/5761/matos.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
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