Mitzvah (plural mitzvot; from Hebrew. מִצְוָה , - "command", "order") - precept, commandment in Judaism . In everyday life, a mitzvah is every good deed, a laudable act.
The Torah mentions 613 mitzvot : 248 prescribing ( mitzvot ase or hiyuvim - duties) and 365 prohibiting ( mitzvot lo taase or isurim - prohibitions).
Mitzvot is entrusted to all adult Jews: boys from 13 years old (after the bar mitzvah ), and girls from 12 years old (after the bat mitzvah ).
When performing most mitzvot, a special blessing is pronounced (Benidition, Heb. Bracha ).
The Meaning of the Commandments
The question of the meaning of the commandments in general and the meaning of individual specific commandments occupied many prominent Jewish thinkers, such as Maimonides , Shimshon Rafael Hirsch and many others [1] .
Links
- Mitzvot - an article from the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia
- The basic principles of Halacha
- Mitzvah concept
- List of 613 Torah Commandments
Notes
- ↑ Yitzhak Heineman. Translation from Hebrew: I. Veksler, L. Kitrossky. The meaning of the commandments = Heb. טעמי מצוות (Ta'amei Mitzvot) . - Jerusalem: Amana, 1995 .-- 385 p.