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Philip J. CaplanPhilip J. Caplan, author of the Jewish work, "The Puzzle of the 613 Commandments - And Why Bother?", and former physicist at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Caplan, born in 1927, was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where his family was influential in the thriving Jewish community of the Detroit area. He is the nephew of a renowned Detroit judge, the late Harry B. Keidan. Caplan attended college at Yeshiva University (formerly Yeshiva College). He married his wife Iola in 1952, and the couple moved to the Jersey Shore soon afterwards. At Fort Monmouth, Caplan worked as a physicist and published some of his work. In the years that followed, he shifted his attention primarily to several older Jewish texts passed down to him by his father, Abraham. Caplan developed an interest in the Zohar Harokea, a little-known Hebrew Jewish book published decades ago, which enumerates the biblical commandments and offers commentary. His studies on this topic led to the publishing of his book, "The Puzzle of the 613 Commandments - And Why Bother?". His future plans include publishing an English translation of the Zohar Harokea. He hopes to include all corrections to typographical and grammatical errors found in the original versions of the Zohar Harokea. Philip and Iola still reside at the Jersey Shore. They have three children living in central New Jersey, and one in Israel.
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