mikvah | (noun) (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation) | - |
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mitsvah | (noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty | Synonyms: mitzvah |
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(noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law | Synonyms: mitzvah |
mitzvah | (noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty | Synonyms: mitsvah |
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(noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law | Synonyms: mitsvah |
shivah | (noun) (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | Synonyms: shibah, shiva |
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yeshivah | (noun) an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) | Synonyms: yeshiva |
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