[2] By the end of his life he was noted for his leadership of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages, Agudath Israel)[3] The main street in Jerusalem's Kiryat Itri neighborhood, Rechov Sorotzkin,[4] is named after him.
[8] He was a son-in-law of the Telzer rav and rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon;[9] Sorotzkin's wife's name was Miriam.
[10] When Gordon died in 1910, Sorotzkin was offered the position as rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Telz.
During the early days of the war, when many yeshivas had to relocate, Sorotzkin served as the head of the Vaad Hayeshivos, at the behest of Chaim Ozer Grodzenski.
Sorotzkin authored the works, Oznaim LaTorah, a commentary on the Torah,[13] Sheailos Utshuvos Moznaim LaMishpat (1955) and HaDeah ve-ha-Dibur (1937) which is a collection of derashot.