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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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But this is optional, not obligatory — especially if your daughter has said that she is happy with the current plans for her bat mitzvah.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Reiner’s parents got him an 8mm film camera for his bar mitzvah and from that moment on he was rarely without one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

June, for a bat mitzvah scene you memorized a complicated Torah portion.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

REELTOK: First of all, Link, congratulations on your bar mitzvah.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman