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Shulchan Aruch HaRav – Orach Chaim, Part IV – Warsaw, 1875 – Personal Copy of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, Author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - The Shulchan Aruch of the Author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch! Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav. Orach Chaim, Part IV. Warsaw, 1875. The front endpaper bears the autograph signature of the renowned gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, Av Beit Din of Ungvár and author of the celebrated Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. An exceptionally important association copy, formerly owned by one of the foremost halachic authorities of nineteenth-century Hungary and the author of one of the most influential and widely studied works of practical Jewish law ever published. Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried’s connection to Shulchan Aruch HaRav was far from incidental. In several of his writings he cites the rulings of the Alter Rebbe, and in a well-known letter he stated that, in composing the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, he relied primarily upon three major halachic authorities: the author of Chavat Da’at, Shulchan Aruch HaRav, and Chayei Adam. His signature in this volume therefore adds a remarkable dimension of significance, identifying it as a working copy from the halachic library of one of the most influential codifiers of the modern era. Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (1804–1886), Av Beit Din of Ungvár, was renowned for his extraordinary piety and humility. Already in his youth he was praised by the leading sages of his generation; the Chatam Sofer referred to him as a “sublime tzaddik, ” while Rabbi Shimon Sofer testified that he merited receiving his blessing. Alongside his rabbinic leadership, he authored important works across numerous fields of halachah, including Keset HaSofer, Torat Zevach, Lechem VeSimlah, Ohalei Shem, and others. His enduring fame, however, rests upon the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, one of the most widely disseminated and influential halachic works in Jewish history, which appeared in numerous editions during his lifetime and achieved unparalleled circulation. Copies bearing the signature of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried are rare, particularly when found in a halachic work that he actively used and that served as one of the foundational sources upon which his own rulings and writings were based. [6], 272 pages. 19.5 cm. Condition: Very good. Time and use stains. Original binding, slightly worn and damaged.