1. a commandment or precept in Jewish law
Usage: Judaism
2. a good deed or act of kindness
Usage: informal

Examples

• The rabbi explained the importance of following each mitzvah.
• Observant Jews try to fulfill the 613 mitzvot in the Torah.
• Helping the elderly neighbor was considered a mitzvah.
• She performed a mitzvah by volunteering at the food bank.
• The bar mitzvah ceremony marks when a boy becomes responsible for the mitzvot.
• It would be a mitzvah to donate those clothes to charity.