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mitzvah

[meets-vah, mits-, mits-vuh] / mitsˈvɑ, mɪts-, ˈmɪts və /
NOUN
commandment
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There are scenes of Jewish holidays, birthdays, a bat mitzvah, a student recital and a medical scare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

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

I went from learning about Grandma to bar mitzvah lessons in the blink of an eye.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman