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Originally Posted by Sister Rags
It's my understanding that "B'Shalom" is a greeting for the dead, as in "My aunt Bertha was a wonderful woman...B'shalom." (Meaning, roughly, "be at peace" or "rest in peace"). "L'Shalom" is, I thought, a greeting for the living, as in, "I hope your week-end is a good one. L'Shalom." (Meaning, more or less, "wishing you peace.")
Any thoughts, input?
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B'shalom literally simply means "in peace." L'shalom literally simply means "to/toward peace."
The closet Hebrew expression that equates with "rest in peace" is
עליו השלום and its feminine equivalent which translate as peace be unto him/her.
However, b'shalom is connected with the dead and in the Talmud it says one should not say "Lech b'shalom" to a friend, one should say "Lech l'shalom."
I often use b'shalom on non-Jewish forums because it reads better and in English letters it is less confusing.
Peter