 He was sent to learn in Volozhin yeshiva, where he quickly attached himself to his main teacher, Reb Chaim Brisker, striving to completely adopt his unique Talmudic approach, which was the foundation of the popular Brisker method.He then married the daughter of Rav Abraham Isaac Zimmerman, whom he succeeded as Rav of Halusk.He also served as a pulpit Rav for other communities.