He was born in 1881 in Klimavichy , Belarus , then in the Russian Empire .
He was studied at the Slutzker Yeshiva under Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer .
He was born in 1881 in Klimavichy , Belarus , then in the Russian Empire , and studied at the Slutzker Yeshiva under Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer .