He emigrated to Jerusalem, Damascus Eyalet on 19 December 1859, at the age of nine, with his father, Alexander Sender Frumkin, mother and brother. His half-brother Michael Levi, who assumed the name Rodkinson, published in New York the first translation of the Talmud to English.
On December 19, 1859, when he was nine years old, the emigrant left Jerusalem, Damascus Eyalet with his father Alexander Sender Frumkin, mother, and brother. His half-brother Michael Levi, who took the name Rodkinson, published in New York the first English translation of the Talmud.