mitzvah
Example Sentences
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This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, Hebrew-school classmates and, it sometimes seemed, any passing acquaintance.
Reiner’s parents got him an 8mm film camera for his bar mitzvah and from that moment on he was rarely without one.
June, for a bat mitzvah scene you memorized a complicated Torah portion.
From Los Angeles Times
LaToya Hall, a chef for an upscale catering company, was on her feet all day, working unpredictable hours and moving heavy food trays for weddings and bar mitzvahs.
My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.
From Salon
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