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
Interest on loans
Selling a course where the payment varies based on profit later in the year
Interest on loans
Telephone course with additional lessons to be added later and a higher later price
Interest on loans
The company has a general heter iska, but no heter iska was signed in the contract
Interest on loans
Buying on a website that advertises a lower price for immediate payment and a higher one for installments
Interest on loans
Discounted advance payment for a product that does not yet exist
Repaying with the same product from a more expensive brand
Interest on loans
Preschools that raised prices mid-year only for those who had not yet paid
Interest on loans
Promise of Double Reward in Return for Giving Up Now
Interest on loans
Partner’s investment in a property until a certain amount is paid, after which the property passes to the other partner
Prayer in unclean places
Clean clothing during study
Sale of real estate
Interest in profit-sharing from an investment in an apartment on condition it yields a fixed payment
Tzedaka and maaser purposes
Tithes – Giving Vouchers
Disposing of holy texts and objects
Discarded newspapers, clothes in the laundry basket, baby rattle
Prayer in unclean places
Blessing in a room with a jacuzzi
Tzedaka and maaser purposes
Choshen Mishpat