[2] He attended the local Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, where he achieved high scores on statewide tests.
[2] His formal rabbinic training began at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem under the guidance of scholars such as Chaim Shmuelevitz and Nachum Partzovitz.
[5][6] He was also greatly influenced by his father-in-law, Rav Beinish Finkel, the late Rosh Hayeshiva of the Mir, and by his close association as a talmid (student) of Harav Moshe Shapiro.
[9][7] During a speech at the 2019 Aguda convention, Rav Elya Brudny notably remarked, "Every family that has made that transition [from kollel to the workplace] should own the book".
“In the modern era, there hasn’t been a sefer that touched on the topics critical to our existence, with honesty and clarity and respect, like this one has.