[Sca-cooks] Re: [Sca-cooks]Mitzvah (was "Halal" and "Kosher")

[Heleen Greenwald]

The original meaning of the word Mitzvah is "commandment". But it is today
often used to mean, "good deed". In a practical sense it is a "commandment
*to do* or *not to do* some act.

Keeping the rules of Kosher is a mitzvah.
Keeping the Sabbath is a mitzvah.
Keeping peace in the home is a mitzvah.
Observing Passover and eating matzoh is a mitzvah..
etc .... etc....
 Not causing embarrassment to someone is a mitzvah.
Visiting the sick is a mitzvah.
Helping someone is a mitzvah.
etc...etc...
If I can find the web site with the complete 613 mitzvot listed, I will post
it.
Phillipa









----- Original Message -----
From: "Leah A. Montgomery" <mog_bane at hotmail.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: [Sca-cooks]Mitzvah (was "Halal" and "Kosher")


> Could you explain what "mitzvah" means?? I was under the impression that
it
> was the ritual where a boy becomes a man, bar mitzvah, but I keep on
hearing
> it in reference to lots of things. Does it basicly mean ritual?
>
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> Leah A. Montgomery
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> SCA: Mahvash bint Wahib al Marakeshi called Samira
> Head of Byat Al Hirrar
> "The lust of the goat is the gift of the gods."
> "Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to endless night." William
> Blake
> Love as if you have never been hurt.
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> >Prayer does occur in slaughter houses, but it is to focus the mind and
>to
> >gaurantee intentionality in performing a mitzvah. (A mitzvah does >not
> >count for brownie points unless there is proper intentionality.)
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