Abram was born in 1897. Abram's father was Isaac SZEPS and his mother was Cyrka RITTERBAUM. His paternal grandparents were Dawid SZEPS and Maria RECLHMANN. He had a brother and three sisters, and also three siblings of unknown gender, named Dawid, Cesia, Feia, Roza, Chil, Sala and Edzla. He was the second oldest of the eight children.