Mitzvah

In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word mitzvah ("commandment", Hebrew: מִצְוָה, Biblical: miṣwah; plural מִצְווֹת mitzvot, Biblical: miṣwoth; from צִוָּה ṣiwwah "command") refers to precepts and commandments as commanded by God. It is a word used in Judaism to refer to the 613 commandments given in the Torah (at Mount Sinai, where all the Jews accepted the Torah, saying "We will do, and we will listen") and the seven rabbinic commandments instituted later for a total of 620. According to the teachings of Judaism, all moral laws are, or are derived from, divine commandments.