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
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Car Washing During Chol Ha-Moed
Living in the sukkah
Minority in the Sukkah and Majority in the House
Trade and commerce
Payment According to the Price Written on the Label
Inadequate pricing
Price Change from What is Written on the Product
Roof of the sukkah
The Koshering of Schach Used for Dwelling
Living in the sukkah
Traveling a Distance for the Mitzvah of Sukkah
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Using the Phone on Chol HaMoed
Writing
Internet Browsing — Chol Ha-Moed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Applying Gel Nail Polish during Chol HaMoed
Roof of the sukkah
Schach Falling in the Wind
Business during Chol ha-Moed
Online Shopping During the Intermediate Days of a Festival
Lighting Shabbos candles
Afternoon Prayer or Early Shabbat
Yom Tov
Immersion Before the Holiday
Living in the sukkah
A Cup of Coffee in the Sukkah
Esrog
A Beautiful Etrog Far Away or a Less Beautiful One Nearby