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In his youth, he studied in his birthplace Slutsk and was known as a prodigy. In his young adulthood, he went to study at the renowned Volozhin Yeshiva, where he became the distinguished student of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, whom he regarded as his primary rebbe. | In his youth, he studied in his birthplace Slutsk and was known as a prodigy. In his young adulthood, he went to study at the renowned Volozhin Yeshiva, where he became the distinguished student of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, whom he regarded as his primary rebbe. | ||
He married the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman, Av Beis Din of Hlusk. After his father-in-law moved to Kremenchug, he took his place and opened a yeshiva there. Later, he was appointed as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Beis Yitzchok in Slobodka. In 5681, he moved the yeshiva together with his son-in-law, Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky, to Vilna, and in 5686 to Kamenitz. The yeshiva is mentioned in the Igros Kodesh of the [[Rebbe Rayatz|Frierdiker Rebbe.]] | He married the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman, Av Beis Din of Hlusk. After his father-in-law moved to Kremenchug, he took his place and opened a yeshiva there. Later, he was appointed as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Beis Yitzchok in Slobodka. In 5681, he moved the yeshiva together with his son-in-law, Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky, to Vilna, and in 5686 to Kamenitz. The yeshiva is mentioned in the Igros Kodesh of the [[The Rebbe Rayatz|Frierdiker Rebbe.]] | ||
== Circumstances of His Passing == | == Circumstances of His Passing == | ||