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mitzvah

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

Bandel came with his entire family to celebrate his grandson's upcoming bar mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ritual.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

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

I've already talked to Rabbi Gold, and ReelTok will be live-streaming your bar mitzvah to TokNation and the entire world on December fourth!

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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