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Q&A What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean?

This is a possible duplicate, I thought I had posted it but I'm not seeing it. I saw a touching opinion about the meaning of the phrase at https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-May-his-memory...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Fred Wamsley‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Mithical‭

Question mourning death
#2: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2022-03-31T23:43:29Z (over 2 years ago)
Made more concrete and less of a survey.
  • What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean to you?
  • What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Fred Wamsley‭ · 2022-03-31T23:25:43Z (over 2 years ago)
What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean to you?
This is a possible duplicate, I thought I had posted it but I'm not seeing it. 

I saw a touching opinion about the meaning of the phrase at https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-May-his-memory-be-for-a-blessing-mean. The author suggests that the ongoing effects of the deceased's actions in life can inspire and benefit others and we should wish for this to happen. 

Variety of opinion is to be expected. I was wondering whether that interpretation is within the mainstream, and how many other interpretations there are.

This is meaningful to me since I have had to mourn several people who changed the world and changed lives, one quite recently.