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
Business during Chol ha-Moed
Exchanging Erasers - Chol HaMoed
Laundry
A Gentile Doing Laundry on Their Own During Chol Hamoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Sharpening a Knife on a Festival for Learning and Practice
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Repairing an Air Conditioner on Chol Hamoed
Foods kosher for Passover
Kosher Status of Mineral Water for Passover
Various questions on Passover
New Towels for Passover and Opening a Cork Stopper
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Playing Tetris during Chol Hamoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Sealing a Hole in the House During Chol Hamoed
Writing
Writing Ethical Discourses on Chol Hamoed
Writing
Studying During Chol Hamoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Omission of Ya'aleh Veyavo Prayer
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Nail Polish - Chol HaMoed
Various questions on Passover
Reading on Passover - in books that have not been cleaned
Holiness of tefillin
Hair in a Woman is Considered 'Erva'
Tanakh
On the Purification of Garments When Staying in a Leper's House