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
Tzedaka and maaser purposes
Dental treatment - ma'aser money
Lighting Hanukkah candles when not at home
Ner Ish U’Beiso and Mehadrin
Lighting Hanukkah candles when not at home
Blessings Recited on Seeing a Menorah When someone lit on his behalf at Home
Immersion
Preparations for immersion – after lighting the Hanukkah candles
Blessings
Walking While Reciting Asher Yatzar
Hanukkah
Hanukkah candle for a Yisrael with terumah oil
Prayer in unclean places
Grace after meals in the workplace dining hall
Place and order of lighting Hanukkah candles
Direction of lighting Hanukkah candles
Hanukkah
Establishing a Place for Lighting
Monetary Laws and Charity
Validating a Rav Kav card
Miscellaneous
Golden Wedding Anniversary in Judaism
Medication on Shabbos
Bandage on ointment on Shabbat.
Purity laws for Kohanim
A Kohen at the gravesite of HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
Medication on Shabbos
Shabbat: Drops for Softening Earwax
Miscellaneous
Copying the Question database