mitzvah

noun3

1. •
   (Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.

   • She called Penansky regularly to remind her to observe the mitzvahs. — 1988
2. •
   (Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.

   • ‘You heard about them pulling my license. That was indirectly Joel. Who, without meaning to, did me such a mitzvah.’ — 2013
3. •
   A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.