Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, Author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Leaf (two pages) handwritten by R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – novellae on Tractate Sanhedrin. [Ungvar (Uzhhorod), between 1868-1879].
Leaf handwritten by the author. The leaf contains a complete passage on a Talmudic topic discussed in chapter IV of Tractate Sanhedrin (folio 33a). This passage was published in his book Pnei Shlomo on Tractate Sanhedrin. The source given there is: "Kuntres HaShonot". On the second page of the present leaf, a short passage is incorporated, marked "(B.K.)" [Bava Kama], pertaining to a Tosafot in tractate Bava Kama (folio 100a). This passage was published in Pnei Shlomo on Bava Kama, with the omission of several words (the omissions are marked there with ellipses) – the printers presumably were in possession of an incomplete copying.
R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886), son of R. Yosef (rabbi and posek in Ungvar). From the age of 8, with his father's untimely passing, he was raised by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (R. Hirshele Charif), author of Tiv Gittin. R. Ganzfried's first book, Keset HaSofer, on the laws of scribal writing of Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot (Óbuda, 1834), earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer, who stated that no scribe should be ordained without demonstrating proficiency in this book. The Chatam Sofer even wrote glosses to this book. R. Ganzfried served as head of the Ungvar Beit Din from 1850, until his passing in 1886. He was a prominent leader of Hungarian Orthodox rabbinate.
He authored dozens of important works; however, he is best known for his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, a clear summary of the Shulchan Aruch, printed in many editions since its first publishing in 1864 in Ungvar (Otzar Yisrael, New York, 1909, records that up until that point, half a million copies had already been published, and according to the bibliographer Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind, over a million copies had been published by 1960).
[1] leaf. Two written pages (over 80 autograph lines). 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Marginal open tears. Traces of wax seal. Elegant leather binding.
Leaf handwritten by the author. The leaf contains a complete passage on a Talmudic topic discussed in chapter IV of Tractate Sanhedrin (folio 33a). This passage was published in his book Pnei Shlomo on Tractate Sanhedrin. The source given there is: "Kuntres HaShonot". On the second page of the present leaf, a short passage is incorporated, marked "(B.K.)" [Bava Kama], pertaining to a Tosafot in tractate Bava Kama (folio 100a). This passage was published in Pnei Shlomo on Bava Kama, with the omission of several words (the omissions are marked there with ellipses) – the printers presumably were in possession of an incomplete copying.
R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886), son of R. Yosef (rabbi and posek in Ungvar). From the age of 8, with his father's untimely passing, he was raised by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (R. Hirshele Charif), author of Tiv Gittin. R. Ganzfried's first book, Keset HaSofer, on the laws of scribal writing of Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot (Óbuda, 1834), earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer, who stated that no scribe should be ordained without demonstrating proficiency in this book. The Chatam Sofer even wrote glosses to this book. R. Ganzfried served as head of the Ungvar Beit Din from 1850, until his passing in 1886. He was a prominent leader of Hungarian Orthodox rabbinate.
He authored dozens of important works; however, he is best known for his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, a clear summary of the Shulchan Aruch, printed in many editions since its first publishing in 1864 in Ungvar (Otzar Yisrael, New York, 1909, records that up until that point, half a million copies had already been published, and according to the bibliographer Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind, over a million copies had been published by 1960).
[1] leaf. Two written pages (over 80 autograph lines). 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Marginal open tears. Traces of wax seal. Elegant leather binding.
Manuscripts and Letters – Ashkenazi Rabbis
Manuscripts and Letters – Ashkenazi Rabbis