He studied rabbinics there until the age of fifteen, after which he left the town.
[2] He then moved and settled in Brody, where he studied various secular sciences[3] and joined the Maskilim.
[4] On account of his study of secular sciences, the mostly Hasidic Jewish community in Brody accused him of heresy.
Mendel Pineles wrote several treatises on astronomy in various Jewish periodicals and newspapers.
One of his most well-known is the "Darkah Shel Torah", a critical interpretation of various passages of the Talmud[2]