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Stands for: Torah (תורה), Nevi’im (נביאים), Ketuvim (כּתובים) — known in English as Torah (also Five Books of Moses), Prophets and Writings Pronounced: tah-NAKH What it means: The Hebrew Bible, which Christians refer to as the Old Testament.
5 paź 2024 · A shorthand way of writing זכרונו\ה\ם\ן לברכה (zikhronó/á/ám/án livrakhá) or זכרו\ה\ם\ן לברכה (zikhró/á/ám/án livrakhá), both of which mean “may his/her/their memory be a blessing”.
27 wrz 2024 · Transliteration of Hebrew ז״ל (Z"L), acronym of זיכרונו לברכה (zikhronó liv'rakhá, literally “may his memory be a blessing”).
12 sty 2022 · According to My Jewish Learning, which is a great resource on this subject, “z’’l stands for Zichrono [for a man] or zichrona [for a woman] l’bracha. In Hebrew it literally means memories for blessing, which is usually translated as “may his or her memory be a blessing.”
22 paź 2016 · When a word in Hebrew is abbreviated, there’s a little sign put into the letters that remain to clue you in to what’s going on. It looks like a lone quotation mark and most people refer to it as a “choopchik.” SO: Z”L = Zichrono + choopchick + Livracha = Of Blessed Memory, or “ZAHL” in Hebrew, it looks like this:
5 paź 2024 · z.l. (Hebrew) Of blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; used after a reference to one or more people who died. Yitzhak Rabin (z"l) was a warrior turned peace-maker.
