Definitions

mitzvah

[meets-vah, mits-, mits-vuh] / mitsˈvɑ, mɪts-, ˈmɪts və /

NOUN

commandment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

edict precept

STRONG

order rule

NOUN

good offices

Synonyms

WEAK

aid coattails good deed instrumentality intervention ministration offices support troubleshooting

NOUN

labor of love

Synonyms

WEAK

act of grace courtesy good deed good offices good turn good work kind offices kindly act

Example Sentences

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As a child in New Orleans, Nicholas Lemann never attended a bar mitzvah or heard Hebrew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

My kid has her bat mitzvah in February.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

And he had his bar mitzvah in Israel last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

He’s having a bar mitzvah because that’s what Jewish kids do.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman