This Month in Jewish History
· His mother, Margala, was the daughter of Rav Shmuel Yitzchak Schor, author of Minchat Shai, and a descendent of the author of Tevu'at Shor. He was also a descendent of Rav Bechor Shor of Orleans, one of the Baalei Tosefot. He was married in 1906 and took his first appointment, Rav of Galina, in 1911.