He was born in 1894 in Ozorkow, Poland. He was descended from on his father's and mother's side from rabbis.

He learned in a cheder and in a Moscow yeshiva, and took other courses at home.

At times, by accident, he was a prompter for "amateurs" for the play "Yeshiva bokhur", and soon thereafter he began to wander about with the actor Itskovitsh across Galicia.

Since 1922 he has become a professional prompter, most of the time in Lodz.

M. E.