Chovot HaLevavot

Duties Of The Heart

Rabeinu Bahya

Chovot HaLevavot

Duties Of The Heart

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Rabeinu Bahya

Chovot HaLevavot, or Ḥobot HaLebabot (Hebrew: חובות הלבבות; English: Duties of the Hearts), is the primary work of the Jewish rabbi and philosopher, Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. Ibn Paquda is believed to have lived in Zaragoza, Spain in the eleventh century

It was written in Judeo-Arabic in the Hebrew alphabet circa 1080 under the title Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart (كتاب الهداية الى فرائض القلوب), sometimes titled Guide to the Duties of the Heart, and translated into Hebrew by Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon during 1161–80 under the title Chovot HaLevavot. There was another contemporary translation by Joseph Kimhi, but its complete text did not endure the test of time. In 1973, Rabbi Yosef Kafih published his Hebrew translation from the original Arabic, the latter appearing alongside his Hebrew translation

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