Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo ben Joseph Ganzfried was the rabbi of Brezevitz for many years before returning to his hometown of Ungvar (Austrian Empire/Ukraine) to serve as a judge on the rabbinical court. In his role as community leader, Ganzfried came to believe that every Jew needed to know and understand Jewish law if Orthodoxy was to survive. To that end he composed the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, which was published both in Hebrew and in Yiddish and quickly became popular.