mitzvah

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

Tomorrow is the coronation of King Charles III, which I’ve come to understand as a sort of regnal equivalent of a bar mitzvah ceremony.

From New York Times

The title, to start — a Yiddish word meaning “beans,” more broadly translated as nonsense or nothing, because anything that keeps that language alive is a mitzvah.

From Los Angeles Times

She recalls the dress she recently wore to her son’s bar mitzvah and makes a mental note that she wouldn’t be wearing it again soon, hinting at a possible addition to the Wardrobe.

From Los Angeles Times

“I had a bat mitzvah lesson in my dressing room,” the British singer and songwriter, 38, said in an interview last month.

From New York Times