He studied at yeshivas in New York and Argentina, and as a rabbinical student served communities in Thailand and China under the Summer Rabbinical Visitation Program run by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch [REF].
His future rebbetzin, Rivka Holtzberg née Rosenberg (, born 1980, died 2008) was born in Israel to Rabbi Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg, and was raised in Afula.