[Avodah] Project Proposal - ReWrite Hovos Hal'vavos

[Saul Mashbaum]

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In studying Hovos Hal'vavos I noticed that the "fine wine" is stored in
a medeival cask" so to speak.

IOW, the concepts are valuable today, but the idioms and parables
seem dated.

I would love to see a gifted author re-work this classic into a more
contemporary idiom. Any suggestions?
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At least the language has been reworked.

There is an edition of Hovot Hal'vavot , "Lev Tov", by R. Pinchas Yehuda
Lieberman, in which on each page, the original translation is accompanied by
a rewrite in *much* clearer and comprehensible Hebrew, which remains
faithful to the original.
This work was published in 1968-71, apparently by the author; I don't see
any information about a publisher, just  a note "all rights reserved to the
author".
I don't know about the availability of this work, but it's definitely worth
looking for; it makes learning Hovot Hal'vavot immeasurably easier.  I
recommend this work highly.

Saul Mashbaum
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