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
Calling up to the Torah
Calling Up Twins to the Torah
Theft and robbery
Charging a Phone Against Yeshiva Rules
Damages
Monetary Law – A Return Shipment that Arrived Damaged
Kiddush
Combining Melo Lugmav When the Cup Spilled
Immersion of utensils
Gemar Melacha regarding immersion of utensils (tevilas keilim)
Immersion of utensils
Immersing Utensils in the Kinneret
Squeezing
Scrubbing pads – subject to 'Sechitah'(Squeezing)
Reciting the Shema
Interruption for Answering Amen during the Shema Recitation
Separation
Holding a sheet with one’s wife, and on Shabbos
Blowing the Shofar
Concerns of avodah zarah with a shofar
Lighting Shabbos candles
Shabbos Candles - Children Alone at Home
Putting a stumbling block before a blind person
Urgent Question!! Critical Issue with Internet Filtering
Jewish People
Difference between a Jew and a Gentile
Blood and stains
Surgery to Repair a Niche
Putting a stumbling block before a blind person
Is one obligated to publicize a flaw in a particular filter?