In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MITZVAH
mitzvah, mitsvah
(noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
mitzvah, mitsvah
(noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mitzvah (plural mitzvahs or mitzvoth)
(Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law
(Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
14 November 2024
FRISK
(noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; “he gave the suspect a quick frisk”
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