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mitzvah

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

After being inspired at a bar mitzvah he attended about 15 years ago, Sonnier decided he wanted to convert from Catholicism to Judaism.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

So I told her December 4 is no good, because we’re both going to be in Shadbush Crossing that day for Link’s bar mitzvah.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman