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
Chametz after Passover
Songs on Isru Chag Pesach, Chametz Owned by a Non-Jew During Pesach
Zimmun
Zimun - 'With Permission' of Whom?
Chametz after Passover
Yeast that Passed Over Passover
Shemoneh Esreh
Hearing Kedusha During the Amidah
Purification order
Using Toilet Paper for Purity Check
Shabbos meals
Third Meal When Not Hungry
Yom Tov
Sitting on a Bench with Genizah Books, Prohibition on Medicines on Yom Tov
Customs during the sefirah
Music during Exercise - Counting of the Omer
Legumes (Kitniyos)
The Law of Kitniyot for Ashkenazim
Selling chametz
Time for Permitted Use of Sold Chametz
Kiddush
The Measure of a Cup for Blessing
Prayer
Hallel in a Minyan
Passover seder
Fell Asleep During Hallel on Passover Night
Prayer
Waiting Before Yishtabach
Holiday prayers
Interruption in the Final Blessing of Hallel