mitzvah

Example Sentences

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You usually go there for something—a birthday, a bar mitzvah, a special family Saturday-afternoon outing.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Despite the success, he was ousted from Columbia when the company accused him of using company funds to pay for personal expenses, including his son's bar mitzvah.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

He’s as ubiquitous at tech industry conferences like South by Southwest and Dreamforce as “I Gotta Feeling” is on bar mitzvah dance floors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Jacobs: I started my first business when I was 23 years old in 1979 with $5,000 left over from my bar mitzvah money, and that business grew to a billion dollars.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

But the rabbi says I’m practicing ten times as hard as most of his other bar mitzvah students, and that I’m asking ten times as many questions.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman