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
Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)
Renewing Clothes and Attending a Wedding within Thirty Days of a Sister's Passing
Holiness of tzitzis
Tzitzit for a Child with a Diaper
Havdalah
A Questioner Who Seems to Be Returning to Answers
Electrical appliances on Shabbos
Speaking to a Non-Jew's Phone on Shabbat for Translation
Disposing of holy texts and objects
Genizah - Problematic Book
Various Subjects
Daytime Sleep
Blessings on various foods
Steamed Bread
Miscellaneous blessings
Blessing on a Monkey, Elephant, and Tall Person
Miscellaneous blessings
Blessing for an Amputee or Lame Person
Miscellaneous blessings
Blessing on Graves
Miscellaneous blessings
Blessing on Seeing Beautiful Creatures
Muktzeh
Cover Prepared for Muktzeh
Leaving food on a source of heat and insulation on Shabbos eve
Sauce Bag in a Pot
Mourning
Lighting Candles for the Righteous
Immersion of utensils
Gift Utensils - Immersion Before Giving