Arugath Habosem [commentary to the prayers for the entire year, with text]

CHANOCH ZUNDEL BEN YOSEPH.

Bialystok

19th century

Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew on paper, with prayers written in Aschkenazic square type and commentary in cursive.

AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, PORTIONS OF WHICH REMAIN UNPUBLISHED . The author wrote his commentary on the Siddur twice. The first version he called “Besamim Rosh” (ms presently extant in the NLI, Jerusalem). This is his second and more extensive commentary on the prayers, with many additions, including the halachoth relating to prayer. The bulk of the commentary was printed in the Siddur Otzar HaTephiloth (Vilna, 1912). R. Chanoch Zundel (d. 1867) served as a preacher in Bialystok, Poland. He is well known for his exhaustive studies on Midrash, known as “Eitz Avoth” (the abridged commentary) and “Anaph Yoseph” (the expansive commentary). He composed his commentary to the Siddur in a similar style.