mitzvah

Meaning

  1. (Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
  2. (Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.
  3. A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

Translations

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Musevi dininde sünnet

Frequency

C2
Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “commandment”).

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