Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 13/08/2004 13:24, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

> ...
> That is not true at all.  Some Jews may have forgotten, but most of 
> the Jews I know, know without a doubt that the Torah (written and 
> oral) contains within it all knowledge, past present and future, and 
> that the law it contains is DAVKA for the purpose of connecting 
> ourselves with that holiness.


For the benefit of us goyim (= non-Jews), what exactly is DAVKA? The 
word is familiar to me only as the name of a Hebrew word processing package.


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