On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Mitzvah. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as teaching or precept and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Mitzvah meaning
- Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
- An act of kindness, a good deed.
- A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.
Using Mitzvah
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law. | An act of kindness, a good deed. | A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.
- Useful related words include: mitsvah, teaching, precept, commandment.
- In the example corpus, mitzvah often appears in combinations such as: bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, the mitzvah.
Context around Mitzvah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mitzvah
- In this selection, "mitzvah" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bar, bat, say, boy, aged and ever stand out and add context to how "mitzvah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include her bat mitzvah and a bar mitzvah on his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mitzvah" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mitzvah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
MJF celebrated his birthday with a Re-Bar Mitzvah. (9 words)
Both are Jewish and Ms. Hirsh said seventh grade was bat and bar mitzvah season. (15 words)
His daughter Sunny appears as Stacy Friedman, a young girl preparing for her bat mitzvah. (15 words)
Based on the fantastic Broadway show, is a beautiful family film about a young man who moves from New York to a small town in Indiana with his mother and attempts to earn social status and friends by throwing the best Bar Mitzvah ever. (44 words)
The boy was musical in general; he wrote a 10-part symphony for the school orchestra at the age of 10, and performed on the piano at his bar mitzvah – but noises would also tumble out, a cascade of unfiltered mimicry. (41 words)
According to the Orthodox view, the bar mitzvah boy is so happy to be commanded to do mitzvah and earn reward in the next world for his efforts, that he throws a party and has a festive meal. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Generally speaking, we say, “Mitzvah bo yoser mi’b’shlucho”—it is a bigger mitzvah to do it oneself rather than through a messenger.
A boy becomes a bar mitzvah on his 13th birthday; a girl is considered a bat mitzvah, in Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, when she reaches the age of 12; in Reform Judaism, at the age of 13.
One still fulfills the Mitzvah of Mishloach manos if one did not have in mind to fulfill the Mitzvah and just gave over the package to the recipient, without thinking.
According to the Orthodox view, the bar mitzvah boy is so happy to be commanded to do mitzvah and earn reward in the next world for his efforts, that he throws a party and has a festive meal.
In some Orthodox circles, however, the custom is for the bar mitzvah boy to begin putting on tefillin one to three months before his bar mitzvah.
About working with b’nai mitzvah-aged kids, Kaye said they “are at a really fascinating stage in life.
After three years, at the age of 12, he lost all interest in religion, and at the crucial moment, he refused to go ahead with his bar mitzvah and make a formal commitment to Judaism.
Based on the fantastic Broadway show, is a beautiful family film about a young man who moves from New York to a small town in Indiana with his mother and attempts to earn social status and friends by throwing the best Bar Mitzvah ever.
Both are Jewish and Ms. Hirsh said seventh grade was bat and bar mitzvah season.
Editor's note: This post was last updated on August 25th to include You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.
His daughter Sunny appears as Stacy Friedman, a young girl preparing for her bat mitzvah.
In traditional Jewish thought, the mitzvah of sending away a mother bird from her nest before removing an egg or a chick that she was guarding—seemingly a minor matter—is considered particularly significant.
In You Are So Not invited to My Bat Mitzvah, the 52-year old actress portrays Bree Friedman.
MJF celebrated his birthday with a Re-Bar Mitzvah.
One coming-of-age party in particular fueled the crew’s imagination: star Sunny Sandler’s real-life bat mitzvah, which took place in Los Angeles just a few months before the film started shooting.
Rashi comments that it is a mitzvah to bring about the Divine Presence, and the way to do so is with simchagladness of heart.
So it made total sense for one of their acquaintances to a skit for her Bat Mitzvah.
The boy was musical in general; he wrote a 10-part symphony for the school orchestra at the age of 10, and performed on the piano at his bar mitzvah – but noises would also tumble out, a cascade of unfiltered mimicry.
The film sees Sunny Sandler as Stacy, the youngest of the Friedman family (Idina Menzel, Adam Sandler, and real-life older sister Sadie Sandler) who is just weeks away from her bat mitzvah.
The greatest mitzvah one can do is the one which is done for purely altruistic reasons (“Shelo al menas lekabel peras”).
Common combinations with mitzvah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bar mitzvah 42×
- bat mitzvah 32×
- the mitzvah 18×
- mitzvah and 13×
- mitzvah of 12×
- mitzvah to 6×
- mitzvah at 5×
- mitzvah on 4×
- mitzvah in 4×
- this mitzvah 4×