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What does zk"l mean?
English rendering of a Hebrew posthumous honorific applied to martyrs
Where does zk"l come from?
Transliteration of Hebrew זק״ל (Z.K.L.) the Hebrew language acronym for זֵכֶר קָדוֹשׁ לִבְרָכָה (zékher kadósh livrakhá, literally “may the memory of the holy be a blessing”).

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