Sheindlya-Zel'da Petrovskiy was born in 1878 in Skvyra, Ukraine, to Tsudik/Studik Petrovskiy and Menukha Furrer. She married Khaskel/Yechazkel Vaysman in 1896, in Chisinau, Moldova. They had nine children in 22 years. She died in 1931 in Chisinau, Moldova, at the age of 53.