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Few Jews follow every letter of Jewish law, choosing to perform those mitzvot, or commandments, which best fit their lifestyle.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

The Torah contains hundreds of commandments, or mitzvot, for Jews to follow in their everyday lives.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2021

She pointed to the Jewish concepts of tikkun olam, meaning “repair the world,” and observing mitzvot, or commandments.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2019

That’s when she learned about mitzvot as a commandment — and, prodded by class conversations, began studying what the Torah and the Talmud, a book of Jewish oral law, said about abortion.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2019

The immediate aim of the young men in the Mitzvah Mobiles is to persuade Jews to return to observance of five basic mitzvot that, they say, epitomize the 613 commandments of traditional Jewish Law.

From Time Magazine Archive