Shuer Moisey was born on 5 April 1876 in Vyalyany (Viļāni); in 1901−1905 he studied at a yeshiva in Radun, Lida District, Vilnius Governorate (Belarus), and was inducted into office by the rabbi of Varakļāni. Shochet (ritual slaughterer) of the Viļāni rabbinate from 1920.