mitzvah

Example Sentences

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As a child in New Orleans, Mr. Lemann never attended a bar mitzvah or bris; he heard neither Yiddish nor Hebrew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

My kid has her bat mitzvah in February.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

After being inspired at a bar mitzvah he attended about 15 years ago, Sonnier decided he wanted to convert from Catholicism to Judaism.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

It isn’t very bar mitzvah, but it wouldn’t be me unless I did at least one stupid, impulsive thing.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman