Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Chovot ha-Levavot or Chovos ha-Levavos, (Hebrew: , English: Duties of the Heart), is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century.Derech HaShem (The "Way of God") is a philosophical text written in the 1730s by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. It systematizes the basic principles of Jewish belief regarding the existence of God, God''s purpose in creation, and the logical consequence of other concepts in Judaism. Presented from a Kabbalistic perspective, yet presupposing no prior knowledge and without the use of Kabbalistic terminology, this work provides a foundation for understanding the worldview and ideas found in the Zohar, the writings of Rabbi Isaac Luria the Ari''zal and other Kabbalistic and Hassidic works.Emunoth ve-Deoth - Emunoth ve-Deoth was the first systematic presentation and philosophic foundation of the dogmas of Judaism.