Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim – Original Glosses in the Handwriting of Zvi Hirsch Kalischer – Zvi LaTzaddik

Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim – Original Glosses in the Handwriting of Zvi Hirsch Kalischer – Zvi LaTzaddik
Magenei Eretz, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Dyhernfurth, 1811]. Printed by Yosef Maya.
Ownership inscription on title page: "I can testify that this Magenei Eretz belongs to my father …Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer ". The leaf before the title page has a dedication signed by his son "Yehuda Leib Kalischer", who gave this book "which belonged to my father the Gaon with his glosses" to his son-in-law Rabbi Meir Reisner in 1886.
Dozens of long scholarly glosses in the handwriting of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer. These glosses were copied (partially) and sent to the Vilna printers to print them in the edition of the Shulchan Aruch. The Vilna printers printed only the glosses on Yoreh De'ah under the name of Zvi LaTzaddik, while the glosses on Orach Chaim were not printed in Vilna. The manuscript of that copy reached the JNUL in Jerusalem together with the collection of manuscripts of the Romm publishing house. These glosses on Orach Chaim were printed only in the edition of the Shulchan Aruch HaShalem published by Machon Yerushalayim – the Freidman edition, in the column of a compilation of commentaries from manuscripts, with the name Zvi LaTzaddik. A few of the glosses were printed earlier in the compilation Zechor L'Avraham (Holon, 1991, pp. 151-156). Some of the glosses which were printed in Zechor L'Avraham were omitted for some reason from the edition of the Shulchan Aruch HaShalem (for example, see one of the two glosses on Siman 331, and the interesting gloss in Siman 404 concerning traveling on Shabbat out of the Techum Shabbat in an Eisenbahn = train).
The results of examining the original glosses in comparison to the printed version of the glosses portray that 40 of the glosses were printed in the aforementioned books (with minor changes from the original), and more than 15 glosses were not yet printed. (For example, see the glosses in this manuscript in Simanim 11, 120, 124, 127, 248, 311, 325, 330, 333, 338, 340, 350, 362).
The famous Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795-1874), a leading Torah scholar of his times, disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eger and Rabbi Ya'akov Av Beit Din of Leszno, author of Netivot Mishpat, and of his uncle Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kalischer Rabbi of Leszno. Served as Rabbi of Torun without remuneration. Authored the books Moznayim LaMishpat on Choshen Mishpat (Krotoszyn, 1855); Zvi LaTzaddik glosses on Mishnayot and Shulchan Aruch, Even Bochan, Emuna Yeshara, and more.
He was one of the first leaders active in inspiring the Jewish people to establish the Jewish settlement and purchase land in Eretz Iisrael, and he published his books Drishat Zion (Tehran, 1866) and Shlom Yerushalayim (Tehran, 1868). His book Drishat Zion was reprinted in several editions after the founding of the Hovevei Zion movement and Rabbi Kalischer is considered one of the spiritual fathers of Hibbat Zion. Many Israeli cities have streets named after him. Rabbi Kalischer was also famous for his great vision of renewing the sacrifices in the temple, a subject which he wrote of in his books and periodicals of that time. He had contact concerning responsa with leading Torah scholars of his times, especially with his friend Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher Av Beit Din of Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
[2], 300, [3] leaves. 38.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains, wear damages to several leaves. Detached leaves. Colored edges. Original leather binding, worn and torn.