 Rabbi Zweig was raised in Philadelphia.While attending Ner Israel Rabbinical College from 1955–1969, Rabbi Zweig received rabbinical ordination ("Yoreh Yoreh" and "Yadin Yadin") from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman and Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg.Rabbi Zweig then went to Israel as a lecturer at Bais HaTalmud in Jerusalem where he remained for six years.