Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Judaism)Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.

    Mitzwa

    (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law

  2. (Judaism)An act of kindness, a good deed.

    Mitzwa

    (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty

  3. (metonymically)A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The bar-mitzvah party was cancelled due to illness.

  2. Charity is an important mitzvah.

  3. You ruined my bar mitzvah.

  4. Tom is having his Bar Mitzvah next month.

    deTom hat im nächsten Monat seine „Bar Mitsvah“. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: mitzvahs / mitzvot / mitzvoth / mitzvos
Singularmitzvah
Pluralmitzvahs / mitzvot / mitzvoth / mitzvos

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty:mitsvah
  • (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law:mitsvah

Word family

6 related words

See also

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