Chaim was born in 1860. Chaim's father was Dawid SZEPS and his mother was Maria RECLHMANN. His paternal grandparents were Yekiel SZEPS and Debora. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Yekiel, Herszl, Isaac, Cirl and Debora. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 60 in 1920.