mitzvah
/ˈmɪtsvə/
noun
- A good deed or kind act done for someone else.
- She considers volunteering at the shelter a personal mitzvah.
- Doing a small mitzvah every day can make the world a better place.
- Helping your neighbor carry groceries is a mitzvah.
- In Judaism, a commandment or religious duty from the Torah.
- The rabbi explained the mitzvah of honoring one's parents.
- Lighting Shabbat candles is a mitzvah observed by many Jewish families.
- He studied the mitzvah of giving charity in his Hebrew school class.