Rav Tzvi Hirsch Chayos Maharatz Chayos

Rav Tzvi Hirsch Chayos Maharatz Chayos (Tishrei 30, 5616 / 1855 - 169th Yahrzeit)

Rav Tzvi Hirsh Chayos, the Maharatz Chayos, was the Rav of Zolkova. Born in Brody to Rav Meir Chayos, he was a descendant of Rav Yitzchok Chayos, the Zera Yitzchok. The family could trace their lineage back to Dovid HaMelech. He received semicha at the age of twenty-one from Rav Efraim Zalman Margulies, Rav of Brody. Two years later, he was appointed Rav of Zolokova. In 1854, he became Rav of Kalisch. He was the mechaber of Sheilos U’Teshuvos Maharatz, Ateres Tzvi, and Divrei Horo’a. His thoughts on Shas are printed in the back of Gemoros used today. Rav Tzvi Hirsch’s son, Rav Yitzchok, was the mechaber of the sefer Siach Yitzchok on Maseches Makkos.