He was so poor he had no one to take care of him and he considered leaving the path of Torah in order to earn a living.
He was taught by the great Kabbalist Ribbi Moshe Swed, the Av Beit Din Ribbi Yits`haq Bekhor Mizra`hi and later on Rabbi Shaul Sitton, who became Head of the Rabbinical Court in Buenos Aires.
He traveled to Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt for surgery and completely recovered.
In 1904, he became Judge of the Beit Din for Sephardic Jews and in 1930 he became head of the court.
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