mitzvah
pronunciation
How to pronounce mitzvah in British English:
UK ['mɪtsvɑ:]
How to pronounce mitzvah in American English:
US ['mɪtsvɑ]
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- Noun:
- (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
- (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
Word Origin
- mitzvah (n.)
- Jewish rabbinical commandment, 1640s, from Hebrew mitzwah "commandment, precept," from base of tziwwah "he commanded," related to Arabic wasa "he bound, united."
Example
- 1. You 're a friend of the bar mitzvah ?
- 2. He 's at a bar mitzvah in san francisco ? Do you know when he gets back ?
- 3. Two years ago , he received an ipod touch for his bar mitzvah and says he jailbroke the device in an evening .