[Avodah] Z"L in English

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 09:26:26AM +0100, R Yaakov Wise was helping
RnSB translate "z"l" on Areivim and wrote:
:    Usually translated as ..."of blessed memory." Educated non-Jews all know
:    this expression - at least in the UK.

Except that z"l stands for words meaning "may his/her memory be for
a blessing." We are not blessing the memory, but acknowledging the
memory is a source of blessing for us.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi