
In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word '''''' (; , ; ) refers to a commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty. Jewish law () in large part consists of discussions of these commandments. According to religious tradition, there are 613 commandments.
In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word '''' (; , ; ) refers to a commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty. Jewish law () in large part consists of discussions of these commandments. According to religious tradition, there are 613 commandments.
In its secondary meaning, the word mitzvah refers to a deed performed in order to fulfill such a commandment. As such, the term mitzvah has also come to express an individual act of human kindness in keeping with the law. The expression includes a sense of heartfelt sentiment beyond mere legal duty, such as "you shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18).
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).