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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>From:
Daniel Eidensohn <A
href="mailto:yadmoshe@012.net.il">yadmoshe@012.net.il</A><BR><BR><BR>><BR>>
Wasn't this originally written in Arabic? If so, then I have wondered <BR>>
from time to time how accurate the translation into Hebrew is. Has
<BR>> anyone recently translated this work from the original Arabic? Would
<BR>> not it make sense to have a rewrite based on the original work as
<BR>> opposed to the Hebrew translation? [--RYL]<BR>><BR>It was
translated by Rav Kapach in 5761</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>From what language did R' Kapach translate it -- from ibn Tibon's
old Hebrew translation, or from Arabic? From the context it seems you
are saying that R' Kapach translated it from the original Arabic, but you did
not make that clear.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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