sentences:  He was born at Dubno, Volhynia, then Kingdom of Poland.When he was 14 years old his parents married him to the daughter of the Talmudist Simhah ben Joshua of Volozhin.Having exhausted the knowledge of his Volhynian instructors, Dubno went to Galicia, studying there for several years Biblical exegesis and grammar under the direction of Rabbi Solomon of Cholm.