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‖ mitzvah Judaism.|ˈmɪtsvaː|
Also misva, mitsva(h), mitzwa. Pl. misvot, mitswoth, mitzvot, mitzwoth.
[Heb. miṣwāh commandment.]
A precept; something which should be done; hence a good deed done as a religious duty, without expectation of earthly reward. Cf. Barmitzvah.
1650E. Chilmead tr. Leon Modena's Hist. Rites of Jews i. i. 2 Precepts of the Written Law..they call..Mizuoth de Draita, that is to say, Præcepta Legis, Precepts of the Law. The second sort are..Mizuoth de Rabbanan,..Precepts of the Wise men. 1753Jewish Ritual 33 All the eight Cakes together, for the Service of both Nights, are call'd Mitzwoth, i.e. the Statutes. 1831Ascamot, or Laws & Regulations Jewish Congregation vii. 52 If these three Misvot as well as the Misva of saying the Zemirot, shall have been given..it shall not be given to any other. 1893I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto (ed. 3) i. iii. 41 Mitzvah is a ‘portmanteau-word’. It means a commandment and a good deed, the two conceptions being regarded as interchangeable. 1932L. Golding Magnolia St. i. ii. 33 To break some of the less severe laws is almost accounted a mitzvah, a pious duty. 1959W. L. Gresham Houdini xxi. 154 To Harry a good deed was something to be done quietly: ‘So when you do a mitzvah you don't take along a brass band.’ 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 40/2 ‘Neither,’ he adds scornfully, ‘do we give out mitzvot according to money or position or influence.’ 1973Synagogue Light Sept. 11/1 There is great apprehension as to the meaning and message of this act of removing the shoe, which forms an essential part in the right and mitzvah of Chalitzah. |