Many Siddurim have the words "May the merciful one bless my father the master of this house along with my mother, mistress of this house..." as the stock nusach during the last brachah of Birkas Hamazon. Should one continue to say these words after their parents have passed on?
R. Chaim Elazar Shapira, the Munkacser Rebbe, would indeed say the above words even after his parent's passing. He said that his grandfather, R. Shlomo Shapira, the "Shem Shlomo," instructed his son, R. Zvi Hersh Shapira, author of "Darkei Teshuvah," to do so. He explained that Chaza"l proclaim that we are to respect people, both the living and the opposite thereof. Additionally, our parents still need the blessings now in the highest of all Heavens.
דרכי חיים ושלום אות ש"ח
עי' באג"ק כ"ק אדמו"ר הריי"ץ ח"א ע' רג
ועי' בספר השיחות תרח"ץ ריש ע' 262
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