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  • noun Plural form of mitzvah.

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Examples

  • I was pleased to read Rothenberg's perspective that it is time for Orthodox Jews to "build bridges of cooperation [to Reform and Conservative Jews] for the sake of the entire people of Israel and its future" without compromising principles or "fidelity to a life of Torah and mitzvoth."

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Moving Beyond Denominational Differences in Judaism Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

  • I was pleased to read Rothenberg's perspective that it is time for Orthodox Jews to "build bridges of cooperation [to Reform and Conservative Jews] for the sake of the entire people of Israel and its future" without compromising principles or "fidelity to a life of Torah and mitzvoth."

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Moving Beyond Denominational Differences in Judaism Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

  • Emden continues: These two families, Christianity and Mohammedanism, which God selected as vehicles to bring faith into the world, were never brought under the yoke of mitzvoth (commandments) of the Torah; their fathers never gave it to them, nor did they stand at Sinai; neither were they slaves in Egypt; therefore, they are not obligated for the 613 mitzvos and are thus exempt from the prohibition of shittuf (loosely translated here as the Trinity).

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: In The Discussion Of Jesus, Jews Should Go On Offense Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • Emden continues: These two families, Christianity and Mohammedanism, which God selected as vehicles to bring faith into the world, were never brought under the yoke of mitzvoth (commandments) of the Torah; their fathers never gave it to them, nor did they stand at Sinai; neither were they slaves in Egypt; therefore, they are not obligated for the 613 mitzvos and are thus exempt from the prohibition of shittuf (loosely translated here as the Trinity).

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: In The Discussion Of Jesus, Jews Should Go On Offense Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • I was pleased to read Rothenberg's perspective that it is time for Orthodox Jews to "build bridges of cooperation [to Reform and Conservative Jews] for the sake of the entire people of Israel and its future" without compromising principles or "fidelity to a life of Torah and mitzvoth."

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Moving Beyond Denominational Differences in Judaism Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

  • Emden continues: These two families, Christianity and Mohammedanism, which God selected as vehicles to bring faith into the world, were never brought under the yoke of mitzvoth (commandments) of the Torah; their fathers never gave it to them, nor did they stand at Sinai; neither were they slaves in Egypt; therefore, they are not obligated for the 613 mitzvos and are thus exempt from the prohibition of shittuf (loosely translated here as the Trinity).

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: In The Discussion Of Jesus, Jews Should Go On Offense Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • I was pleased to read Rothenberg's perspective that it is time for Orthodox Jews to "build bridges of cooperation [to Reform and Conservative Jews] for the sake of the entire people of Israel and its future" without compromising principles or "fidelity to a life of Torah and mitzvoth."

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Moving Beyond Denominational Differences in Judaism Rabbi Jason Miller 2010

  • The Talmud tells us there are 613 mitzvoth, commandments mentioned in the Torah, that Jews must perform.

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • As a Jewish male Jesus wore the fringed tassels tzitzit on his outer garment, which indicates his strict observance of the mitzvoth or commandments of the Torah or Jewish Law.3 In that sense he is not “liberal” with regard to Jewish observances in any modern sense of the term.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • As a Jewish male Jesus wore the fringed tassels tzitzit on his outer garment, which indicates his strict observance of the mitzvoth or commandments of the Torah or Jewish Law.3 In that sense he is not “liberal” with regard to Jewish observances in any modern sense of the term.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

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