Around 1641 he became rabbi of the old community of Ostrog, (or Ostroh), in Volhynia.
Ostrog monastery, a Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery in Montenegro
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In 1688, the ostrog was besieged by the Khalkha Mongols for two months, but they had to withdraw when their main territory was attacked by the Western Mongols.
In the interbellum period, Ostrog belonged to County of Zdolbunow, Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.
The list of villages from the area that managed to defend themselves successfully against the genocide being committed by the Ukrainians include: Pańska Dolina, Zaturce, Huta Stara, Zasmyki, Dąbrowa, Dederkały, Rybcza, Jagodzin-Rymacze, Przebraże, Rożyszcze, Antonówka Szepelska, Bielm-Spaszczyzna, Witoldówka, Ostróg; as well as Młynów, Kurdybań Warkowicki, Lubomirka, Klewań, Rokitno, Budki Snowidowickie, and Osty.