- bath mitz|vah
- bath mitz|vah «bahth MIHTS vuh»,= bas mitzvah. (Cf. ↑bas mitzvah)
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bath mitz|vah
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bas mitz|vah — «bahs MIHTS vuh», 1. a ceremony held in a Reform or Conservative synagogue when a Jewish girl becomes thirteen years old, corresponding to the bar mitzvah for boys. 2. the girl herself. Also, bath mitzvah, bat mitzvah. ╂[< Hebrew bath mi… … Useful english dictionary
bat mitzvah — bat mitz•vah [[t]bɑt ˈmɪts və, bɑs[/t]] also bas mitzvah n. (often caps.) 1) jud a ceremony for a girl of 12 or 13, paralleling the bar mitzvah 2) jud the girl participating in this ceremony • Etymology: 1945–50; < Heb bath miṣwāh … From formal English to slang
