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mitzvah

[meets-vah, mits-, mits-vuh] / mitsˈvɑ, mɪts-, ˈmɪts və /
NOUN
commandment
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She was married there and her son's Bar Mitzvah was held there.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

The dance floor was built on top of their swimming pool — because they needed the same dance floor for their daughter’s Bat Mitzvah, so it was 2 for the price of 1.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025

WINNER: Cooper Raiff, “Cha Cha Real Smooth” “A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

In the film, he plays a recent college graduate working as a party starter on the Bar Mitzvah circuit, where he meets and befriends a single mom played by Dakota Johnson.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

She could be coerced into attending a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, but otherwise her Shabbat was a big dinner.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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