- In its
primary meaning, the
Hebrew word
mitzvah (/ˈmɪtsvə/; Hebrew: מִצְוָה, mīṣvā [mit͡sˈva],
plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt [mit͡sˈvot]; "commandment") refers...
- Gedolot) is the
earliest extant enumeration of the 613 mitzvot.
Sefer ha-
Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by
Rabbi Saadia Gaon.
Written during the period...
- A bar
mitzvah (masc.), bat
mitzvah (fem.), or b
mitzvah (gender neutral), is a coming-of-age
ritual in Judaism.
According to
Jewish law,
before children...
- The
Golden Rule is the
principle of
treating others as one
would want to be
treated by them. It is
sometimes called an
ethics of reciprocity,
meaning that...
- p.****v, R.
Yisrael Meir
haKohen (Chofetz Chayim), The
Concise Book of
Mitzvoth. This
version of the list was
prepared in 1968.
Menachem Lorberbaum, 'Making...
- The brit
milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה,
Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashke****: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of cir****cision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית, Yiddish:...
- cir****cision and mikvah, but are not
required to
perform an 'acceptance of the
mitzvoth'. The
conversion instead is done al daat beth din, i.e. the acceptance...
-
Perjury (also
known as foreswearing) is the
intentional act of
swearing a
false oath or
falsifying an
affirmation to tell the truth,
whether spoken or...
- p.****v, R.
Yisrael Meir
haKohen (Chofetz Chayim), The
Concise Book of
Mitzvoth. This
version of the list was
prepared in 1968. The Ramban's
addition to...
- A
mezuzah (Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת mezuzot) is a
piece of
parchment inscribed with
specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which...
