Heb. (commandment) Obligation or duty.
A commandment or duty (there are 613!!)
the name for each of the commandments found in the Torah. There are 613 mitzvot covering everything from rules for behaviour on the Sabbath, to diet, relations with other people and dress.
A commandment, something which one is obligated to do by Torah
(Hebrew): "Commandment(s)." The term is commonly used to refer to the obligations which Jewish law imposes on individual Jews. For the traditional Jew, the performance of mitzvoth is one of the central aspects of religious life.
Literally commandment. It refers to any of the 613 commandments that Jews are obligated to observe. It can also refer to any Jewish religious obligation, or more generally to any good.
(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
a candle and the Torah is light
a candle," is an accurate indicator
a commandment described by Jewish law, as outlined in the Torah
a divine command as communicated in the Torah
a lamp, and Torah is light
a shared normative practice, expressing what members of the Jewish community may expect from one another
a special favor or deed performed without desire for personal recognition or compensation, such as performing the taharah
Mitzvos - Commandments Jews fulfill.
Commandment; obligatory responses to our Jewish traditions.
A commandment, obligation or duty taught by Torah and by Rabbinic law.
Good deed; a gift to help one in get started in their career or future
pl. mitzvos - (lit. 'command') a religious precept; one of the Torah's 613 commandments.
A commandment. Also used to describe an act that is good or praiseworthy.
Literally commandment (not a suggestion!), often mistakenly translated as "good deed," the mitzvot are delineated by the rabbis from the text of the Torah. There are 365 negative mitvot and 248 positive ones. Many of these obligations are in reference to the activities of the Temple.
a good deed; literally a "commandment" since God commands us to perform good deeds. p. 68, 95, 120, 142, 193, 210
A commandment from G-d that is written in the Torah
(mitz-VAH), pl. mitzvot (mits-VOTE) “Commandment,†from which classic rabbinic authorities teach there are 613 in Torah. This term was often taught to Reform Jews in the 20th century to mean, “a good deed.
Hebrew - "Commandment" - A term with two parlances; common and halachic. The common parlance means a good deed. The accurate meaning is a point of Jewish law or a commandment.
Commandment. A mitzvah may be an ethical precept or a prescribed ritual action. Kabbalistically, mitzvot may have theurgical or magical properties. In Jewish law commandments are either positive (mitzvah aseh) or negative (mitzvah lo taaseh). According to tradition, there are 613 commandments in the Torah. The Talmud differentiates between two types of commandment: mishpatim, ordinances that would have been deducible even if the Hebrew Bible had not prescribed them, and hukkim, commandments that could not have been logically derived.
Literally, "command"--a religious obligation; one of the Torah's 613 commandments.
(lit., "commandment; pl., mitzvos): one of the 613 Commandments; in a larger sense, any religious obligation
(pl. mitzvot) divine commandment.
Commandment or good deed. There are 613 commandments.
Lit., commandment. Many Reform Jews interpret mitzvah to mean “good deed.†Other Jews object to this interpretation. Many things – eating matzah on Passover, making kiddush on Friday night – are mitzvot but not necessarily good deeds. Such a definition limits Jewish law to ethics and disregards ceremonial law.
One of the commandments of the Torah.
A good deed and a commandment. For instance, it is a mitzvah, in the latter sense, to hear the sound of the Shofar (see below) on the High Holidays. It is a mitzvah (in the former sense) to forfeit your seat for an old woman.
(pl. mitzvot; Hebrew for "commandment, obligation") A ritual or ethical duty or act of obedience to God's will. See also Commandments.
or Mitzvot Command or commandment. Principle for living, good deed. Instructions
(MITS-vuh) Lit. commandment. Any of the 613 commandments that Jews are obligated to observe. It can also refer to any Jewish religious obligation, or more generally to any good deed. Plural: Mitzvot.
Mitzvah, which literally means commandment (from God), is often translated as "good deed." There are 613 commandments (365 negative mitvot and 248 positive ones), which are delineated by the rabbis from the text of the Torah. It is a mitzvah on Rosh HaShana to hear the shofar.
pl. Mitzvos: A religious obligation; one of the 613 Commandments.
Refers to any of the 613 commandments incumbent on Jewish people to observe. Also used as a more general term for a good deed.
Commandment from the Torah and also any good deed. There are 613 mitzvot in the Torah and we are commanded to fulfill as many as possible to lead an observant life.
commandment or religious act / good deed. "Bikkur Cholim is a huge mitzvah!"
Mitzvah (Hebrew: מצווה, , "commandment"; plural, mitzvot; from צוה, tzavah, "command") is a word used in Judaism to refer to (a) the commandments, of which there are 613, given in the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) or (b) any Jewish law at all. The term can also refer to the fulfilment of a mitzvah as defined above.