mˈɛnæʃəm mˈɛndəl wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈaɪv ɪn nˈoʊ mˈaɪəstˌoʊ tʊ ɐn ˈoʊld ɹæbˈɪnɪkəl pˈoʊlɪʃ fˈæmɪli ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻdli dᵻsˈɛndᵻd fɹʌmðə bˈɑːl hˈɑː tjɚɹˈɪm.
Menachem Mendel was born in 1745 in Nowe Miasto to an old rabbinical Polish family reportedly descended from the Baal HaTurim.