Bidspirit auction | GANZFRIED, SHLOMO. (Author of the

GANZFRIED, SHLOMO. (Author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, 1804-86). His personal copy of: Sepher Ir Damesek Eliezer [novellae to Torah and Haphtarot] by Eliezer of Rozvedov (Rozwadów). Zolkiev, 1764. Title page inscribed and signed Shlomo Ganzfried. Edges worn, repaired with some loss. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Zolkiev 275. Born in, and later Dayan of, Ungvar, Hungary, R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-86) was an outspoken defender of Orthodoxy against the inroads of Hungarian Reform. A prolific author, yet the work which has become a byword in every Jewish home is his “Kitzur, ” a summary guide to the Shulchan Aruch which offers concise instruction in all matters of daily ritual law.