12 31 2014 Wednesday Rabbi Kalatsky gives a daily class on Duties of the Heart. Chovos HaLevavos is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda. Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived in Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. It was written in Judeo-Arabic (but in Hebrew characters) approximately in 1040 under the Kitab al-Hid?ya il? Faraid al-Qul?b, Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart, sometimes d as Guide to the Duties of the Heart, and translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon in the years 1161-80 under the Chovot HaLevavot. There was another contemporary translation by Joseph Kimhi, but its complete text did not endure he test of time Tags Musar duties of the heart chavos halevavos paquda Jewish TorahKalatsky Judaism lessons in depth analysis