Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A commandment of the Jewish law.
- noun The fulfillment of such a commandment.
- noun A worthy deed.
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- noun Any of the 613 commandments of
Jewish law - noun An act of
kindness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
- noun (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word mitzvah does not mean “good deed” but actually means commandment.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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The word mitzvah does not mean “good deed” but actually means commandment.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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“Sometimes a mitzvah is seeing for yourself and coaxing a smile from the darkness.”
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“Sometimes a mitzvah is seeing for yourself and coaxing a smile from the darkness.”
February 2008 2008
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"It's what we call a mitzvah, a blessing or a good deed, to go to a funeral.
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry Kemelman, Harry 1966
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It is considered a blessing - or "mitzvah" - for a congregation to have a Sefer Torah.
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He said this like it was a marvelous good deed, something Jeri might have called a mitzvah.
The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010
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May we be found worthy by God to be numbered in the circle of these women and men … The reward of a mitzvah is the recognition of the great deed by God.
Regina Jonas. 2009
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The Shulhan Arukh rules that although it is customary for a man to light the Hanukkah lamp on behalf of the entire household, and although the mitzvah is a time-dependent precept, a woman may fulfill the obligation on behalf of her household (Orah Hayyim 675: 3).
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Just as the mitzvah of the Hanukkah lights is described as a mitzvah for “a person and his household,” which the man usually performs, women accepted kindling the Sabbath lights as their personal mitzvah.
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