Seder Tephillah. With Derech Chaim, laws pertaining to prayer by R. Yaakov of Lissa plus additional matter and a commentary by R. Shlomo Ganzfried

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00
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Lot 216
(LITURGY).

Seder Tephillah. With Derech Chaim, laws pertaining to prayer by R. Yaakov of Lissa plus additional matter and a commentary by R. Shlomo Ganzfried

FIRST EDITION of commentary by Ganzfried ff. (4), 397, (5). Later boards. 8vo Vinograd Vienna 825 (abbreviated entry)

Vienna: Schmid and Busch 1839

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,400
Solomon Ganzfried (1804-1886) of Ungvar, Hungary, was one of the outspoken defenders of staunch Orthodoxy against the inroads of Reform. He was a prolific author, producing widely acclaimed scholarship in several different fields, however, the work which has become a byword in every Jewish home is his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law] (1864), which offers concise guidance in matters of ritual law confronting a Jew in his daily routine. The Derech Chaim commentary appended to this Siddur is a fundamental source for clarifying ritual in the prayers