The נשמה should have an Aliyah.

 

די נשמה זאל האבן אן עלייה A common practice amongst most Yidden,when someone has Yahrzeit others bless and say to him " The נשמה  should have an Aliyah." This blessing was unheard of by Ashkenazi Yidden. (Yekes Oberlanders & Litvaks) Also our Sephardic brethren have never used or heard of this blessing.  In the תפילות of יזכור, אל מלא רחמים & אחר למוד משניות we don't Daven for the נשמה to have an עליה. All we ask for is for the נשמה to be placed in גן עדן בסתר כנפיו and to be bound with the נשמות אבות אמהות ושאר צדיקים. I believe, (I stand to be corrected) The concept of עליית נשמה having the נשמה  moving to higher levels in גן עדן is not to  be found in בבלי, ירושלמי, and probably not even in זהר. We do find in Chazal different levels in Gan Eden (מחיצת נהרג עקדה"ש - מקום שבעלי תשובה עומדים) but, as far as I know, we don't find in Chazal the נשמה moving from one level to a higher level. The first to mention this concept of עליית נשמה is probably the Arizal. Chasidim who follow the Arizal are the ones who introduced it  to the rest of כלל ישראל Hence, today almost all Yidden wish to the בעל היארצייט "די נשמה זאל האבן אן עלייה"