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Mitzvah Cards

 by Rabbi Goldie Milgram, author of

Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice, Meaning and Mitzvah,
& Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah

A mitzvah occurs when, by acting on Jewish values,
something good happens for ourselves or others.

G'milut Hasadim
The
Selfless
Mitzvah
Performing
Deeds
of
Loving Kindness
for Others

Shmirat HaGuf
The
Body
Mitzvah
Caring for
the Body
as a
Sacred
Vessel

Limud Torah
The
Study
Mitzvah
Regular
Torah study
as a prism
for awareness
and growth

Teshuvah
The
Forgiveness
Mitzvah
Honest effort
to repair a
damaged
relationship confronting your errors together

Kashrut
The
Eating
Mitzvah
Attention
to what you
choose to eat
and how it is
grown, packed
and prepared

Yizkor
The
Memory
Mitzvah
Transforming the
Pain of Loss
into the
Honor of
Loving
Recollection

G’nivat Da’at
The
Marketing
Mitzvah
Exercising
Truth
in
Promotional
Advertising
or Speech

V’hadarta P’nai Zaken
The
Elder
Mitzvah
Treating with
honor
and
holiness
those
who are elderly

Minyan
The
Counting
Mitzvah
Creating a
Network of
Caring Friends
and Neighbors
Who Is in the
Minyan of Your Life?

Tzedakah
The
Money
Mitzvah
Achieving an
Equitable
Distribution
of Our
Personal
Resources

"A mitzvah
is a sacred act of consciousness."

Pidyon Sh’vuim
The
Freedom
Mitzvah
Redeeming
those
who are
being
held
captive

Tanhui
The
Food
Mitzvah
Making
Sure
Everyone
in Your
Community
Has a
Place to
Eat

Hevra Kaddishah
The
Burial
Mitzvah
Sacred
Preparation
of a
Soul's
Former Body
and
Seeing to
the Burial

Shabbat
The
Time
Mitzvah
Conscious
total
cessation
of work
at
the
week’s end

Tzaar Ba'alei Chayyim
The
Animal
Mitzvah
Preventing
unnecessary
suffering
of
sentient
beings