This article is about commandments in Judaism. For the Jewish rite of passage, see Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah ("commandment", ; plural, mitzvos or mitzvot; from צוה tzavah "command") is a word used in Judaism to refer to the 613 commandments given in the Torah and the seven rabbinic commandments instituted later for a total of 620. The term can also refer to the fulfilment of a mitzvah. The term mitzvah has also come to express an act of human kindness. According to t… (More on Mitzvot)