the word commandment means mitzvah in hebrew.
the word commandment means mitzvah in hebrew.
what does the word commandment mean in hebrew?
mitzvah
"bar" () is a jewish babylonian aramaic word meaning "son" (), while "bat" () means "daughter" in hebrew, and "mitzvah" () means "commandment" or "law" (plural: "mitzvot"). thus "bar mitzvah" and "bat mitzvah" literally translate to "son of commandment" and "daughter of commandment". however, in rabbinical usage, the word "bar" means "under the category of" or "subject to". "bar mitzvah" therefore translates to "a [agent] who is subject to the law". although the term is commonly used to refer to the ritual itself, in fact, the phrase originally refers to the person.









































section::::history.
bar and bat mitzvah
in addition to alga’s irregular bulletin, previously titles the alga newsletter, alga has published a number of books and has edited a number of monographs in series, these include:









































bullet::::- "intimacy, violence and activism : gay and lesbian perspectives on australian history and society" (gay and lesbian perspectives ; 7) / edited by graham willett and yorick smaal (clayton, victoria monash university publishing, 2013) - based on alga's 12th australia's homosexual histories conference, brisbane, 2012
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