In what senses, if any, can the word mitzvah be used in Polydox Judaism?
10A. The word mitzvah in Polydox Judaism can be used in at least four senses: First, mitzvah can be employed in the Yiddish sense of a worthy or good deed. Second, the word mitzvah can be used by individual Polydox Jews to refer to commandments they believe they have personally received from “God.” Third, the word mitzvah can be used by Polydox Jews who, for reasons satisfying to them, choose certain commandments in the Bible or other religious literature as having been divinely revealed. (In Polydox Judaism, the community as a whole possesses no credible evidence for infallible, obligatory commandments; but individual members may use their freedom to obey whichever ones they choose. The Covenant of Freedom prohibits compelling any member of the Polydox community to obey some individual’s or group’s choice of divine commandments.) Fourth, mitzvah can be used in Polydoxy to refer to the commandments that we ourselves give to ourselves. These mitzvot generally are produced by reason and
