Dawid was born in 1809 in Pickto, ?. Dawid's father was Yekiel SZEPS and his mother was Debora. His paternal grandfather was Mayer SZEPS and his paternal grandmother is Unnamed. He had two brothers and a sister, named Mirl, Moshe and Yeta. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 98 in 1907.