Menashe, known as Manash, was born on December 3rd, 1919. Manash's father was Eliyahu ELIAS (MENASHE) and his mother was Rosa. His maternal grandparents were Nissim and Tufkhiya. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Efrayim, Silas, Joe, Ezzie, Shalom, Florrie, June, Emma and Matty. He was the oldest of the ten children. He died at the age of 70 on January 19th, 1990.