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

(LITURGY).

Schmid and Busch

Vienna

1839

FIRST EDITION of commentary by Ganzfried

Vinograd Vienna 825 (abbreviated entry)

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