Kitzur Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law].

GANZFRIED, SHLOMO.

Carl Jager

Ungvar

1864

Friedberg, Kuf 991.

The famed Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. A rare first edition. One of the most popular Halachic works ever published. Thanks to its clear language and lively style the work immediately became broadly popular, another 13 editions were issued during the author’s lifetime alone. Since then dozens more, as well as a great many translations have appeared. Born in Ungvar, Solomon Ganzfried (1804-86) was an outspoken defender of Orthodoxy against the inroads of Hungarian Reform. He was a prolific author, however 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. The final leaf here, which contains a lengthy note to a section of the Chayei Adam, was omitted in later editions.