Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (Hungary 1804 to 1886) is best known as the author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur Shulkhan Arukh (lit. "Condensation of the Shulkhan Arukh").

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	Halakha - Wikipedia (2924 words) The Beis Yosef, and the Shulkhan Arukh of Rabbi Yosef Karo (1488 - 1575). Rabbi Moshe Isserles[?] (Cracow, Poland, 1525 to 1572) noted that the Shulkhan Arukh was based on the Sephardic tradition, and he created a series of glosses to be appended to the text of the Shulkhan Arukh for cases where Sephardi and Ashkenazi customs differed. The Kitzur Shulkhan Arukh[?] of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (Hungary 1804 to 1886). Halakha - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (4738 words) The Beit Yosef, and the Shulkhan Arukh of Rabbi Yosef Karo (1488–1575). The Shulkhan Arukh is a condensation of the Beit Yosef - stating each ruling simply (literally translated, Shulkhan Arukh means "set table"). The Mishnah Berurah of Rabbi Yisroel Meir ha-Kohen, (the "Chofetz Chaim", Poland, 1838 - 1933) is a commentary on the "Orach Chayim" section of the Shulkhan Arukh, discussing the application of each Halakha in light of all subsequent Acharonic decisions.
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