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mits⋅vah

  [Seph. meets-vah, mits-; Eng., Ashk. mits-vuh]
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–noun, plural -voth, -vot, -vos  [Seph. -vawt; Ashk. -vohs] , English. -vahs. Hebrew.
mitzvah.
The Rabbinical School
The Rabbinical School at The Jewish Theological Seminary
www.jtsa.edu

mitz⋅vah

  [Seph. meets-vah, mits-; Eng., Ashk. mits-vuh]
–noun, plural -voth, -vot, -vos  [Seph. -vawt; Ashk. -vohs] , English. -vahs. Hebrew.
1. 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.
2. any good or praiseworthy deed.
Also, mitsvah.

Origin:
miṣwāh commandment
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mitzvah 
Jewish rabbinical commandment, 1650, from Heb. mitzwah "commandment, precept," from base tziwwah "he commanded," related to Arabic wasa "he bound, united."
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