mitsvah vs teaching

mitsvah and teaching both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mitsvah	Yes	No	No	No
teaching	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teaching is a hypernym of mitsvah; that is, teaching is a word with a broader meaning than mitsvah:

Other hypernyms of mitsvah include commandment, precept.

mitsvah (noun)	teaching (noun)
(Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty	the profession of a teacher
(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
	a doctrine that is taught