זְכֹור לַטּוֹב

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Fondly remembered/of blessed memory

הגדרה (אנגלית)

That we remember him for good. A phrase said after mentioning the name of a righteous person.

("The man remembers him for good, and Rabbi Yehuda ben Baba, whose name was that without him the laws of the congregations of Israel were forgotten" - Sanhedrin 13:2, and so on: "Cursed are all the wicked, blessed are all Israel, and even Harbonah remembers him for good" - from the prayer, after the reading of the Book of Esther on Purim, and so on: "The Merciful will send us the Elijah the prophet is remembered for good and brings us good news" - Birchat HaMazon, and so on: "From the fullness of understanding, that even Eldad the judge was remembered for good" - Mendelei Mos/ Masaot Binyamin Hashilishi A, Ya, and so on: "Indeed, the young worker is remembered for good, who warned of danger" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 41)