Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Answers the site's questions within Rav Amram Fried's Beit Ora'ah. How we answer and review answers
Rabbi Israel Cohen received rabbinical smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" in 2012 in Modiin Illit from Rav Asher Weisfish and Rav Yitzchak Luxenberg. He studied at Yeshivat Be'er HaTorah in Jerusalem, and later continued at Kollel Ahavat Shalom in Modiin Illit. He also completed the program of the Beit Midrash Gavoha LeHoraah "Keter Aram Tzova" in Rishon LeZion, which trains rabbis for practical halachic rulings. He answers halachic questions at the Beit Horaah of the Neot Simcha community and at Beit Horaah Chanichei HaYeshivot in the Achuzat Brachfeld neighborhood, both in Modiin Illit, as well as at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah in Bnei Brak. He specializes in the Orach Chaim (laws of daily life, Shabbat and holidays) and Yoreh Deah (kashrut, laws of family purity and other topics) sections of the Shulchan Aruch. On sheilot.com, Rabbi Cohen is one of the main answering rabbis: he reviews incoming questions and answers users based on the rulings of Rav Amram Fried.
- Smicha
- Yoreh-Yoreh · Rav Asher Weisfish; Rav Yitzchak Luxenberg · Modiin Illit · 2012
- Education
- Yeshivat Be'er HaTorah · Jerusalem
- Kollel Ahavat Shalom · Modiin Illit
- Beit Midrash Gavoha LeHoraah "Keter Aram Tzova" · Rishon LeZion
- Positions
- Beit Horaah Neot Simcha · Modiin Illit
- Beit Horaah Chanichei HaYeshivot, Achuzat Brachfeld · Modiin Illit
- Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah · Bnei Brak
- Areas
- Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
- Languages
- Hebrew
Rabbi's answers
By topic
Primary and secondary foods
Geneivat Da'at and Laws of Blessings
Service providers
Paying for a bus ride
Interest on loans
May a gabbai add from his own pocket when the synagogue was late in paying the baal koreh
Interest on loans
Borrowed an amount and wants to repay a bit more because of change
Interest on loans
Postponing payment to the electric company in return for interest
Interest on loans
Liability for oness when renting electric bicycles
Interest on loans
He took a bank loan and his father benefited from it; may the father add money at repayment?
Interest on loans
Opening a self-directed trading account to invest in a foreign mutual fund
Business house
Selling a discount card for restaurant purchases before the restaurant opens
Interest on loans
A driver transferred a ride to his colleague and wants to pay him more than he received from the customer
Interest on loans
Took a bank loan for his friend: who must make the heter iska
Other situations
Netilat Yadayim (ritual handwashing)
Trade and consumption
The discount – for whom?
Service providers
Canceling a Wedding Band
Rabbinical prohibitions on Shabbos
Perfume on Shabbat