Matityahu was born on July 9th, 1964 in Israel. Matityahu's father is Yosef MUALEM and his mother is Rachel. His paternal grandparents were Saliman MUALEM and Lulu; his maternal grandparents were Avraham and Ora. He has five brothers and two sisters, named Avner, Moshe, Avraham, Aryeh, Yehiel, Ester and Ilana. He is the second youngest of the eight children.