mitzvah
or mits·vah
any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
any good or praiseworthy deed.
Origin of mitzvah
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How to use mitzvah in a sentence
I feel like I would have appreciated my bat mitzvah experience more as an adult.
Tiffany Haddish on How Judaism Guides Her Choice of Roles | Eliana Dockterman | January 28, 2022 | TimeI think for many teenagers, the bat mitzvah is their last serious experience with the Jewish faith.
Tiffany Haddish on How Judaism Guides Her Choice of Roles | Eliana Dockterman | January 28, 2022 | TimeFor her piéce de résistance, Minaj makes one awkward, over-excited bar mitzvah boy's dreams come true.
Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ Is Too Much Booty for One Man to Handle | Amy Zimmerman | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut my Bar mitzvah rabbi survived the camps, camps he could have probably avoided because of his Aryan looks.
A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison | Daniel Genis | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn her Bar mitzvah year: “I had the busiest social calendar in New York”
More on her Bar mitzvah year: “Having two dresses for Bar mitzvah season is like pathetic.”
In August, Horowitz became an Internet sensation when his Bar mitzvah performance went viral.
YouTube Sensation Sam Horowitz Picks Eight Looks for Hanukkah | The Fashion Beast Team | November 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBeing clever, before he was 13 years old, when he became "Bar mitzvah," he had gained a thorough Talmudical education.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.It was shortly after my confirmation,—I mean my—my Bar-mitzvah.
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch | Ulrich FrankThe blessing that charity brings to the giver was a favorite idea of Akiba—a mitzvah!
A Thousand Years of Jewish History | Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) HarrisAnd the essence of a "mitzvah" was that it was a thing which God willed to have done.
Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method | R. Travers HerfordNow I'm called to go to a Bar mitzvah, but will write you again very soon.
Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago | Hannah Trager
British Dictionary definitions for mitzvah
/ (ˈmɪtsvə, Hebrew mitsˈvɑ) /
a commandment or precept, esp one found in the Bible
a good deed
Origin of mitzvah
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