At 16, he was drawn to the spirit of the Mussar movement, and went to learn in the Talmud Torah in Kelm, the yeshiva founded by Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv.
When he was 16, he became influenced by the ideals of the Mussar movement, so he traveled to learn at the Talmud Torah in Kelm, a yeshiva founded by Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv.