different between mitzvah vs mitzva

English

Borrowed from Hebrew ?????? (mitsvá, “commandment”).

mitzvah (plural mitzvahs or mitzvoth)

(Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law
(Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 17:
  ‘You heard about them pulling my license. That was indirectly Joel. Who, without meaning to, did me such a mitzvah.’

From ancient Hebrew text and scrolls.

mitzva (plural mitzvot)

(Religion, Jewish) A meritorious deed or action.
Something that God would smile upon: a mitzvah.
(Religion, Jewish) An order from rabbis or a commandment from the Bible
Helping the elderly man to cross the street was a fine mitzvah for Robert.

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