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单词 mitzvah
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mitzvah

noun

mitz·​vah ˈmits-və How to pronounce mitzvah (audio)
plural mitzvoth ˈmits-ˌvōt How to pronounce mitzvah (audio)
-ˌvōth,
-ˌvōs
or mitzvahs
1
: a commandment of the Jewish law
2
: a meritorious or charitable act

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web By the Great Synagogue, a bald guy with a big black yarmulke stops us and mumbles something about a mitzvah. Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 Honestly, that Netflix took this one almost qualifies as a mitzvah for theaters. Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 29 June 2022 On the individual level, the Talmud states, there is no reward for doing a mitzvah in this world; that comes in the hereafter (Kiddushin 39b). Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2022 But a bat-mitzvah would mark a young woman’s exit from participation. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2022 Indeed, emphasis on life overrides any mitzvah; even Shabbat must be violated to save life. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021 In Judaism, tzedakah—roughly, charity—is a moral obligation, a mitzvah. Magda Teter, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 And Jewish Americans, who polls show have a whopping 85 percent acceptance rate for the vaccine, have heard from many rabbis that getting inoculated is a mitzvah. San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2021 The greatest mitzvah performed by survivors was continuing to bring children into this world. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew miṣwāh

First Known Use

1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1

mitzvah

noun

as in gift

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • gift
  • kindness
  • assistance
  • benefit
  • grace
  • support
  • mercy
  • advantage
  • benediction
  • aid
  • favor
  • blessing
  • help
  • relief
  • windfall
  • good
  • manna
  • consolation
  • joy
  • bonus
  • felicity
  • boon
  • solace
  • extra
  • godsend
  • comfort
  • pleasure
  • delight
  • lagniappe
  • anodyne

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • evil
  • curse
  • plague
  • affliction
  • scourge
  • bane
  • nuisance
  • pest
  • bother
  • hex
  • jinx
  • disadvantage
  • cross
  • irritant
  • trial
  • misery
  • hoodoo
  • tribulation
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