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
Haircuts and shaving during the Three Weeks
Haircut on the Night of 17th of Tammuz after Shabbat
Torah Study
Studying Torah Before Prayer
Lighting Shabbos candles
A Woman Who Did Not Light Shabbat Candles Due to Circumstances Beyond Her Control
Oral Torah
Explanation of the Aggadot of the Talmud
Paying for work performed on Shabbos
Shabbat Wage - Double Rate
This World and the World to Come
When will we learn directly from Hashem?
Hagalah
Koshering a Dishwasher
Haircuts and shaving during the Three Weeks
Haircut for Pidyon HaBen during the Nine Days
Selecting
Removing the Rind from a Cut Watermelon
Tzitzis
Size of the Tzitzit garment in practice
False reporting and/or omission of information
Adding a Detail in a Claim Form
Monetary Laws and Charity
Expenditure from Group Funds
Copyright
The Same Personal Account for a Group
Mezuzah
Removing Mezuzahs in a Rented Office
Shopping during the Three Weeks
Shopping for a Groom During the Three Weeks and the Nine Days