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
Praying in a minyan
Leading the Prayers for Those Who Do Not Observe Commandments
Jewish Worldview
A Woman Reciting Kaddish
Disposing of holy texts and objects
Genizah for a Ketubah
Oral Torah
Receiving Rabbinic Ordination
Circumcision
The 'Vigilant Act Early' in Circumcision Not on Time
Kaddish
Kaddish after 'L'David Hashem'
Jewish Worldview
Studying Under Another Rabbi
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Reciting 'Aleinu' at the End of the Prayer
Blessings on various foods
Blessing on a mashed potatoes
Bedtime Shema
Reciting Shema before an Afternoon Nap
Various Subjects
Difficulty in Hosting the Mother-in-law
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
Immersing a slice of bread in sugar on Rosh Hashanah
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
The Head of an Unclean Fish
Blowing the Shofar
Baal Tokea in Two Minyanim
Blowing the Shofar
Obstruction Between the Mouth and the Shofar