sentences:  Later, Carmoly studied successively at Frankfurt, under the direction of Jacob Joshua Falk (author of "Pene Yehoshu'a"), and at Metz, under Samuel Helman, who conferred upon him the title of rabbi.On returning home, in compliance with the wish of his father, Carmoly began the study of medicine under the direction of Jacob Assur, a physician of Nancy, but had to give it up, being engrossed with his Talmudical studies.The only benefit he derived from his tutor was a fair knowledge of mathematics, of which he made use later.