• Mitzvah (redirect from Mitzva)
    In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word mitzvah (/ˈmɪtsvə/; Hebrew: מִצְוָה, mīṣvā [mit͡sˈva], plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt [mit͡sˈvot]; "commandment") refers...
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    Mitzvah tank (redirect from Mitzva tank)
    A Mitzvah tank is a vehicle used by the Orthodox Jewish practitioners of Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism as a portable "educational and outreach center" and...
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    A bar mitzvah (masc.), or bat mitzvah (fem.) is a coming of age ritual in Judaism. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents...
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    allowed to read a portion from the Torah for their bar-mitzva, and for girls to participate in a bat-mitzva ceremony that these communities might arrange for...
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  • song. It is traditionally sung at celebrations, such as weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvas, and other festivities among the Jewish community. Written in 1918, it...
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    oral contact, he did not ban it by those who insisted upon it." The sefer Mitzvas Hametzitzah by Rabbi Sinai Schiffer of Baden, Germany, states that he is...
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    Bible_(King_James)/2_Maccabees#Chapter_10  – via Wikisource. "01. The Mitzva to Light Ĥanuka Candles – Peninei Halakha". Retrieved 6 December 2023. "How...
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  • Seudat mitzvah (redirect from Seudat mitzva)
    A seudat mitzvah (Hebrew: סעודת מצוה, "commanded meal"), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following...
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    Samson Raphael Hirsch Nechama Leibowitz, a noted woman scholar HaTorah vehaMitzva ("The Torah and the Commandment") by Meïr Leibush, the "Malbim" Ha-Ketav...
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    also encouraged the use of modern technology in outreach efforts such as Mitzva tanks, which are mobile homes that travel a city or country. The Chabad...
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