Synonyms for mitzvah
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : Sephardic Hebrew meets-vah, mits-; English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mits-vuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : Sephardic Hebrew mitsˈvɑ, mɪts-; English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪts və |
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Définition of mitzvah
Origin :- Jewish rabbinical commandment, 1640s, from Hebrew mitzwah "commandment, precept," from base of tziwwah "he commanded," related to Arabic wasa "he bound, united."
- As in labor of love : noun productive work that is enjoyed
- As in good offices : noun mediation
- As in commandment : noun law
- I want to earn a Mitzvah (good deed) and a little money thereby.'
- Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
- And the essence of a "mitzvah" was that it was a thing which God willed to have done.
- Extract from : « Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method » by R. Travers Herford
- The sole reason allowable for doing a Mitzvah is the hope of pleasing God thereby.
- Extract from : « Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method » by R. Travers Herford
- It is far more exciting than a wedding in London, for it is considered a 'Mitzvah' to rejoice with a young bridal couple.
- Extract from : « Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago » by Hannah Trager
- The blessing that charity brings to the giver was a favorite idea of Akiba—a Mitzvah!
- Extract from : « A Thousand Years of Jewish History » by Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris
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