Yosef Rosenblatt was born on May 9, 1882, in Bila Tserkva, ukrain. to his father rafael who Served as a cantor in one of the synagogues in town. yossele showed his talent from a young age and Quickly lauded as a "wunderkind", at age 4 he was standing next to his father, to help him while prayers.

In 1889 his family was forced to emigrate so they moved to Galicia, because his father was an Austrian citizen, in the begening they settled in Sadigora, Bukovina. On the advice of the sadigura Rebbe they started traveling to major cities , including Chernovitz, Lviv (Lemberg)