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How to use mitzvah in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Mitzvah means any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law. Example: “Helping the elderly man to cross the street was a fine mitzvah for Robert.”

Examples of mitzvah by meaning

nounAny of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.

  • She called Penansky regularly to remind her to observe the mitzvahs.1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader

nounAn act of kindness, a good deed.

  • Who, without meaning to, did me such a mitzvah.’2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 17

nounA Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

  • Located in the 153-acre Rockville Civic Center Park, it is the perfect location for weddings, private parties, mitzvahs, conferences, and many other special occasions.2016 August, “Glenview Mansion”, in City of Rockville, Maryland - Official Website, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2016

More sentences with mitzvah

  • Helping the elderly man to cross the street was a fine mitzvah for Robert.From the entry mitzva
  • A true tzadik doesn't do a mitzvah for skhar, rather he does a mitzvah lishmah and b'simcha!From the entry lishmah
  • Something that God would smile upon: a mitzvah.From the entry mitzva
  • The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.From the entry omer
  • I catered for her bat mitzvah.From the entry cater
  • Every mitzvah we perform as Jews was given innately at Mount Sinai.2000, David Golinkin, “The Whys and Hows of Conservative Halakhah”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 12. From the entry innately
  • Everyone is obligated to serve in a milḥemet mitzvah.2024, David Golinkin, “Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 64. From the entry milchemet mitzvah
  • You flew to Dallas last Thursday and showed up at the Hilton after I Instagrammed a picture from my bat mitzvah.2016, Laura Lane, Angela Spera, This Is Why You're Single, →ISBN. From the entry Throwback Thursday
  • Here he comes.” “Boo.” “Stealing from a bar mitzvah?2009 March 22, Chris McKenna & Matt McKenna, “Bar Mitzvah Hustle” (15:22 from the start), in American Dad!, season 5, episode 14. From the entry inappropes
  • The Torah and the mitzvot express the eternal brit or covenant made between God and the Jewish people.2000, David Golinkin, “The Whys and Hows of Conservative Halakhah”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 14. From the entry brit
  • For thousands of years the mitzvot have protected the Jewish people from these threats and ensured Jewish continuity.2000, David Golinkin, “The Whys and Hows of Consservative Halakhah”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 15. From the entry ethnocentric
  • The Bible and even the rabbis had a highly positive view of melakhah and some even viewed it as a mitzvah.2000, David Golinkin, “Torah Study vs. Earning A Living”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 44. From the entry melakhah
  • I went to a bar mitzvah once.1997, Don Roos, The Opposite of Sex, spoken by Lucia (Lisa Kudrow). From the entry puh-lease
  • The borders changed from mitzvah to mitzvah and the main criterion for inclusion seems to have been the Jewish population of the town.2000, David Golinkin, “Returning Territories for the Sake of Peace”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 32. From the entry Caesarea
  • Despite the widespread performance and increasing popularity of the contemporary American bar mitzvah, exceedingly little serious secular study has been devoted to this uniquely tenacious ritual.1995, Judith Davis, “The Bar Mitzvah Balabusta: Mother’s Role in the Family’s Rite of Passage”, in Maurie Sacks, editor, Active Voices…. From the entry chopped liver

Meaning of mitzvah

  1. noun Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
  2. noun An act of kindness, a good deed.
  3. noun A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

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Questions about mitzvah in a sentence

How do you use mitzvah in a sentence?
Mitzvah is used as a noun. For example: “Helping the elderly man to cross the street was a fine mitzvah for Robert.”
What is a short sentence with mitzvah?
“I catered for her bat mitzvah.”
What does mitzvah mean?
Mitzvah means any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.

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