He succeeded his grandfather Rav Mordechai of Nadvorna in Bishtina where he opened a yeshivah. He was of Rav Yisroel Chaim Freidman of Rachuv author Likkutei Maharich. He was murdered martyred by the nazis and died al kiddush Hashem HYD.
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