Published March 7, 2005
 
 
Ask Rabbi Dan
by Rabbi Dan S. Wiko PhD
 
  Issue: 6.03
 
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Arnold asks:

I am familiar with the term mitzvah, but I am curious as to what the opposite of that term might be.

 



The term Mitzvah has two definitions; doing a good deed/act of kindness and, also, observing a Commandment. 

Not performing a good deed/act of kindness is just that...a non performance of something that is self-fulfilling and, to my knowledge, has no opposite. 

Violating an accepted law "Halachah" or, worse yet, violating one or more of the "Asaeres Hadibreh" - 10 Commandments is called committing an "avaerah" - a sin.

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