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Dictionarymitzvahreligious commandment
noun

mitzvah

MITZ-vuh/mˈɪtsvʌ/

A prescribed duty under Jewish religious law.

He fulfills a mitzvah by affixing a mezuzah to his doorpost.

A Jewish man affixes a mezuzah to the upper third of the right-hand doorpost of his home, depicting the commandment sense through a concrete religious observance.
Etymology
mitzvahHebrewcommandment, precept

Hebrew mitzwah names a commandment or precept. The good-deed sense connects a praiseworthy act with fulfilling a religious obligation, rather than merely receiving an instruction.

In context

Jews for Judaism65:42
For every mitzvah has some reward in the world to come. And it is this minimal satisfaction in the spiritual world which the rabbis say cannot be equaled
THE MUSSAR PATH OF PERSONAL GROWTH – Rabbi Michael Skobac – Jews for Judaism

More examples

  • Honoring one's parents is a mitzvah.
  • She studies the religious laws governing this mitzvah.
  • Many mitzvot guide daily Jewish religious life.

Forms

mitzvah · mitzvahs · mitzvot · mitzvoth

Similar words

commandment
A religious command, not necessarily one from Jewish law.
duty
An obligation that may be religious, moral, or legal.