Rabbi Zvi-Hersh Friedlander was born in Olaszliszka, Hungary and is the son of Rabbi Chaim Friedlander, who was also known as the "Tal Chaim."

Rabbi Zvi-Hersh showed signs of great wisdom and erudition at an early age. His main occupation was the various interpretations of the Talmud. In his lifetime he wrote a total of 30 books, his most famous named the Shar Hayushor, which is an explanation of the book of Tehillim. One was always accustomed to seeing him walking to and from the length of the rabbinical courtyard debating some Torah questions or reviewing his writings.

He led a yeshivah in the town that was solely supported by his father-in-law, a well-to-do wine merchant, who promised the Rabbi Zvi-Hersh as a dowry upon his nuptial. People came from afar to listen to his discourses and decisions on many halachic questions.

At the outbreak of World War II, when Hungarian Jews were taken to the concentration camps, Rabbi Zvi-Hersh refused to save himself and joined his people to share their tragic fate. He died in Auschwitz on the 27th day of Iyar as a martyr "Al kiddush Hashem" (for the sanctification of G-d's name).