Sala was born in 1901. Sala's father was Isaac SZEPS and his/her mother was Cyrka RITTERBAUM. His/her paternal grandparents were Dawid SZEPS and Maria RECLHMANN. He/she had two brothers and three sisters, and also two siblings of unknown gender, named Abram, Dawid, Cesia, Feia, Roza, Chil and Edzla. He/she was the fourth youngest of the eight children.