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
Fasting for an ill person
Fasting on Tisha B'Av for Those Taking Medication
Fast of 9th av
Fasting for a woman who gave birth five months ago
Selecting
Using an Apple Slicer on Shabbos
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Use of 'Shabbat Makeup'
Leaving food on a source of heat and insulation on Shabbos eve
Leaving uncooked vegetables on a hotplate
Maariv
Reciting Vayechulu with the Congregation on Friday Night
Grace after meal (birkas hamazon)
Magdil - Magdol in Birkat Hamazon
What is forbidden to cook
Covering a Pot with Beef Bones
Fast of 9th av
Fasting on Tisha B'Av while Breastfeeding
Shabbos
The Law of Water Dripping from Trees
Kiddush
Kiddush in the Third Meal
Lighting Shabbos candles
Olive Oil for Lighting Shabbat Candles
Shabbos meals
The Matter of Shabbat Songs
Catching animals on Shabbos
Trapping Oneself on Shabbos
Shabbos meals
The Punishment of One Who Does Not Eat Fish on Shabbos