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
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Shopping for a Bride - Chol HaMoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Design Studies — Chol HaMoed
Blessings on smells
Spices Mixed with Mint Crystals — The Blessing over Fragrance
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Software Internship - Chol HaMoed
Business during Chol ha-Moed
Buying a Book – Chol HaMoed
Living in the sukkah
Cockroaches in the sukkah
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Engaging in Electronic Shopping — Chol HaMoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Buying Jewelry on Chol HaMoed
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
A Woman Praying in a Different Rite from Her Husband
Leaving Shabbos boundary
Eruv Techumin — from Ramot to Har Shmuel
Behavior at home
A Father Helping His Daughter Bathe, a Mother Helping Her Son
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Chol HaMoed - Notices for Renting Out an Apartment
End of tractate
A Siyum on Three Sections of the Mishnah Berurah
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Removing Nose Hair on Chol HaMoed
The Four Species
Time for Binding the Lulav — When Sukkot Falls on Shabbat