He is a native of the United States who studied at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood under the Talmudic tutelage of Rabbi Aharon Kotler.

Close to Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, he was appointed to the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Degel HaTorah in 2012 and is increasingly involved in public and educational matters, including the establishment of yeshivas and issues of yeshiva students' engagement with society.

Family Hirsch was born October 26, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY to Romanian immigrants David and Malvina Hirsch[8] and was raised in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn together with his brother Elias and twin sisters Judith and Lila.

His daughter is married to Rabbi Ben Zion Chadesh, serving as a Rosh Mesivta in the yeshiva, and his son, Rabbi Aharon, assists in managing the yeshiva and oversees new student admissions.

His brother is Professor Eli Hirsch,[11] a Brandeis University philosopher specializing in metaphysics and epistemology.