ˈaɪzənstˌiːɾɚ stˈʌdid æt ðə mˈæɾɚsdˌoːɹf jˈɛshɪvə ɪn nˈædʒɪmˌɑːɹtən, kˈɪŋdəm ʌv hˈʌŋɡɚɹi ˌʌndɚ mˈoʊsᵻz ʃɹˈeɪbɚ, ɐ ɹᵻnˈaʊnd ɹˈæbaɪ hˌuː lˈeɪɾɚ bɪkˌeɪm ðə tʃˈiːf ɹˈæbaɪ ʌv pɹˈɛsbɜːɡ pˈɑːzsəni, nˈaʊ bɹˌæɾɪslˈɑːvə ɪn slʌvˈækiə.
Eisenstaedter studied at the Mattersdorf yeshiva in Nagymarton, Kingdom of Hungary under Moses Schreiber, a renowned rabbi who later became the chief rabbi of Pressburg (Pozsony, now Bratislava in Slovakia).