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mitzvah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mitsvah |
| Type of | commandment, precept, teaching |
mitzvah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mitsvah |
| Type of | deed, human action, human activity, act |
Examples of mitzvah
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You can pay him $7,500 to play a round of golf or attend your kid's bar mitzvah.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In the evening I went to the bat mitzvah of the daughter of my childhood friend.
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I told my nephew that this was the most impressive bar mitzvah I have attended.
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Here, studio owner Adam Zax shows some magic to children at a recent bar mitzvah.
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He had been looking forward to his bar mitzvah and learned many of the prayers.
From the washingtonpost.com
Contrary to rumor, however, he did not dress as Hitler to attend a bar mitzvah.
From the time.com
Joy is about to turn 13 and have her bat mitzvah, and the teenage struggle is on.
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Similar to a bar mitzvah, followers must be a certain age before taking the oath.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Here is Tammy with her mothers and older brother Edgar at his recent bar mitzvah.
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- (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
- (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
- Good deed: Walking the blind woman across the street was quite a mitzvah.
- Pl. Mitzvos: A religious obligation; one of the 613 Commandments.
- "Mitzvah" literally means "commandment," as in The Ten Commandments. It is used to refer to actions that a Jew is required or expected to perform. These may be rules of the halakhah or as acts of charity and kindness. Maimonides compiled a list of 613 mitzvot that Jews are expected to do.
- Hebrew for "commandment." "A combination of a religious law, personal obligation, and a privilege.". Plural is Mitzvot. Often used to refer to a good deed
- "Commandment". (plural: mitzvot) Precept found in (or based on) the Torah. When used in Yiddish, "mitzvah" means any good deed.
- The name for each of the commandments found in the Torah. There are 613 mitzvot covering everything from rules for behaviour on the Sabbath, to diet, relations with other people and dress.
- Commandment. A mitzvah may be an ethical precept or a prescribed ritual action. Kabbalistically, mitzvot may have theurgical or magical properties. In Jewish law commandments are either positive (mitzvah aseh) or negative (mitzvah lo taaseh). ...
