mitzvahs

n.（犹太教）戒律；德行

So, exalted mitzvah is a basis that leads cadre politics life. 所以，高尚的德行是一个领导干部政治生命的根基。

Sometimes books can't change behaviour or mitzvah of a man,and can't make a bad man become a great man. 有时候书不能改变一个人的品性和德行，不能让坏人变成好人。