Auction 27 Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Nov 6, 2012 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 324:

Manuscript of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, Author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

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Autographic manuscript by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried. Lists of answers to critique on his book Keset HaSofer. Lists of homiletics for Pesach Haggadah, and Halachic Chiddushim regarding Chametz [leavened food] and Matzah [unleavened bread].
The Ga’on Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried was born in 1804 in the city of Ungvar, to his father Rabbi Yosef, who was a dayan and halachic authority in Ungvar. His father died when he was eight years old, and his upbringing was given over to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Heller [R' Hirscheli Charif], author of the well-known book “Tiv Gittin”. Rabbi Ganzfried's first book, “Keset HaSofer”, on laws of writing Sta’’m (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot), was published in 1834 in the city of Appen. The book received the Chatam Sofer’s approbation who filled the book with his comments, and wrote that no Jewsh scribe should be ordained if he is not proficient in this book. Rabbi Ganzfried served as Rosh Av Beit Din of Ungvar from 1850 until his passing in 1886. He headed the Orthodox rabbinate in Hungary.
Although he authored dozens of important books, he is mainly known for his “Kitzur Shulchan Aruch”, a summary of the Shulchan Aruch easily understood by all, which was printed in many editions since its first publishing in 1864, in Ungvar. [In “Otzar Yisrael”, New York 1909, it is stated that half a million copies had already been published, and according to Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind, in 1960, a million copies had already been published].
Three leaves, approx. 6 pages. Various sizes and conditions, good to fair. One leaf missing text on margins.

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