mitzvah

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Etymology[edit]

Hebrew מצווה, commandment

Noun[edit]

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Wikipedia mitzvah (plural mitzvahs or mitzvoth)

  1. Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law
    • 1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, Chicago Reader:
      She called Penansky regularly to remind her to observe the mitzvahs.
  2. An act of kindness

Translations[edit]

any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law
an act of kindness
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