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
Different objects
A lost item that no one claims
Must one return the price difference when buying an item for a friend and finding it cheaper?
Trade and commerce
Bypassing a broker who advertised an apartment
Who Decides How Things Are Arranged in a Yeshiva Dorm Room
Inadvertent damages
Dryer in a yeshiva that burned clothes
Tzedakah and Maaser
Calculating maaser for parents’ commitment to pay apartment rent
Owner of the business that caused damage
A professional who caused damage: is he liable for compensation, and may the rented item be withheld until he pays
Damages
A partner who was negligent with shared property – is he obligated to pay his share?
Trade and commerce
Obtaining architectural plans while bypassing the seller
False reporting and/or omission of information
Rent assistance, vow regarding blessings
Hagomel
Birkat HaGomel after cardiac catheterization
Respect for elders
Honoring the elderly in an elevator?
Waiting time between meet and dairy
Meat and milk – microwave and waiting between them
Kesubah
Ketubah de-Irchasa
He bought a product worth 360 NIS in a store, gave the seller 350 NIS, and the latter mistakenly gave change…