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mitzvah

/Sephardic Hebrew meets-vah, mits-; English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mits-vuh/US // Sephardic Hebrew mitsˈvɑ, mɪts-; English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪts və //UK // (ˈmɪtsvə, Hebrew mitsˈvɑ) //

成人礼,礼节,犹太礼节,犹太教仪式

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mitz·voth, mitz·vot, mitz·vos [Sephardic Hebrew meets-vawt, mits-; Ashkenazic Hebrew mits-vohs]; /Sephardic Hebrew mitsˈvɔt, mɪts-; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪtsˈvoʊs/; English mitz·vahs [mits-vuhz]. /ˈmɪts vəz/. Hebrew.

    • : any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
    • : any good or praiseworthy deed.

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Examples

  • For her piéce de résistance, Minaj makes one awkward, over-excited bar mitzvah boy's dreams come true.

  • But my Bar Mitzvah rabbi survived the camps, camps he could have probably avoided because of his Aryan looks.

  • On her Bar Mitzvah year: “I had the busiest social calendar in New York”

  • More on her Bar Mitzvah year: “Having two dresses for Bar Mitzvah season is like pathetic.”

  • In August, Horowitz became an Internet sensation when his Bar Mitzvah performance went viral.

  • Being clever, before he was 13 years old, when he became "Bar Mitzvah," he had gained a thorough Talmudical education.

  • It was shortly after my confirmation,—I mean my—my Bar-Mitzvah.

  • The blessing that charity brings to the giver was a favorite idea of Akiba—a Mitzvah!

  • And the essence of a "mitzvah" was that it was a thing which God willed to have done.

  • Now I'm called to go to a Bar Mitzvah, but will write you again very soon.