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mitzvah

or mits·vah

[ Sephardic Hebrew meets-vah, mits-; English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mits-vuh ]

noun

, Hebrew.
, plural mitz·voth, mitz·vot, mitz·vos [meets-, vawt, mits-, mits-, vohs]; English mitz·vahs [mits, -v, uh, z].
  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.


mitzvah

/ mitsˈvɑ; ˈmɪtsvə /

noun

  1. a commandment or precept, esp one found in the Bible
  2. a good deed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitzvah1

First recorded in 1720–30; from Hebrew miṣwāh “command, commandment”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitzvah1

from Hebrew: commandment

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Example Sentences

For her piéce de résistance, Minaj makes one awkward, over-excited bar mitzvah boy's dreams come true.

But my Bar Mitzvah rabbi survived the camps, camps he could have probably avoided because of his Aryan looks.

On 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.

Being clever, before he was 13 years old, when he became "Bar Mitzvah," he had gained a thorough Talmudical education.

It was shortly after my confirmation,—I mean my—my Bar-Mitzvah.

The blessing that charity brings to the giver was a favorite idea of Akiba—a Mitzvah!

And the essence of a "mitzvah" was that it was a thing which God willed to have done.

Now I'm called to go to a Bar Mitzvah, but will write you again very soon.

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