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
Music during the Three Weeks
Listening to Music for Work
Eating meat during the Nine Days
Participation in a Siyum to Permit Eating Meat
Benefitting from forbidden activities on Shabbos
File Written on Shabbat
Birkas Kohanim
Prayer during the Priestly Blessing when there is only one Kohen
Shacharis on shabbos
Forgot to say 'Nishmat' on Shabbat and started 'Yishtabach'
Tefillin
Prayer in a Minyan with Tefillin without Intention or Prayer with Intention
Evening Shema
Early Maariv Prayer on Friday Night
Work performed by a gentile on Shabbos
Ordering on 'AliExpress' on Friday
Kabbolas Shabbos
Welcoming Shabbat with Shofar Blowing
Electrical appliances on Shabbos
Passing through a Metal Detector on Shabbat
Measuring and weighing
Using an Hourglass on Shabbat
Music during the Three Weeks
Protest Against Playing Songs During the Three Weeks
Bein ha-Meitzarim – The Three Weeks
Crossing the Road During the Three Weeks
Laundry and ironing during the Nine Days
Washing Bedding for Guests on Shabbat Chazon
Defecating and eating before prayer
Eating After a Fast Before Maariv