what is a maht mitzfa?

Question

jewish faith(or catholic)

Answer 1

mitsevah (or mitzvah) is command (noun)

I couldn't find anything matching maht in my Hebrew dictionary. There are a few similar words, but nothing jumped out to me as possibly fitting in a phrase with mitsevah.

Several people have mentioned bar/bat (son/daughter) which may be the root of your question...

Answer 2

Bat Mitzvah?"Daughter of the Commandment" in non Orthodox Judaisms it is a female bar mitzvah,the taking on oneself the mature obligations of observing the precepts of Jewish Law,(commandment or mitzvah),Torah study, teachings,identity and worship

Answer 3

I think you mean a Bat Mizvah.

That is, when a girl of the Jewish faith comes of age she is believed to be 'Bat Mitzvah', "daughter of the commandment." (This applies also to males, theirs is called Bar Mitzvah.) At this point they're no longer children in their faith and are expected to hold responsibility for their actions. That is, before this coming of age if a child did not eat kosher, say, it was the blame of the parents. Upon this coming of age it is their responsibility to, in this example, eat kosher.

Much better wording can be found here:

"According to Jewish law, when Jewish children reach the age of maturity (12 years for girls, 13 years for boys) they become responsible for their actions. At this point a boy is said to become Bar Mitzvah (Hebrew: בר מצוה, "one (m.) to whom the commandments apply," or literally, son of the commandment); a girl is said to become Bat Mitzvah (בת מצוה, "one (f.) to whom the commandments apply," or literally, daughter of the commandment)

Before this age, all the child's responsibility to follow Jewish law and tradition lies with the parents. After this age, the children are privileged to participate in all areas of Jewish community life and bear their own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, tradition, and ethics."


(I'd also like to apoligize for my obvious ignorance to those of you who practice the Jewish faith. Eh, I do my best to know before I speak, I swear it.)