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mitzvah

mitz·vah [ mítsvə, míts v ] (plural mitz·voth [ míts vt, míts vth ] or mitz·vahs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. religious duty: a Jewish religious duty or obligation, especially one of the commandments of Jewish religious law

2. good deed: an act of kindness performed by or to a Jew

[Mid-17th century. < Hebrew miṣwāh "commandment"]
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