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Noun: mitsvah  mits-vu
  1. (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
    "Observing the Sabbath is an important mitsvah in Judaism";
    - mitzvah

Derived forms: mitsvahs

Type of: commandment, precept, teaching

Encyclopedia: Mitsvah