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
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Studying Mussar on Tisha B'Av
The Seventeenth of Tammuz
Fast for a Siege
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Winning the Lottery on Tisha B'Av
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Lottery on the Night of Tisha B'Av
Shabbos Chazon
The Melody of Eicha during the Reading on Shabbat Chazon
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Eating Cooked Dishes on Tisha B'Av
The Nine Days
Shabbat Clothes at the End of the Nine Days
Music during the Three Weeks
Learning to Play Music During the Three Weeks
Shopping during the Nine Days
Buying Clothes During the Nine Days Defined as 'Essential'
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Reciting 'Eli Tzion' Standing
Eating meat during the Nine Days
Mourning for Vegetarians During the Nine Days
Music during the Three Weeks
Listening to Music After Accepting Shabbat During the Three Weeks
Music during the Nine Days
Singing at a Siyum During the Nine Days
Shopping during the Three Weeks
Purchasing a Clothes Dryer During the Three Weeks
Vows and oaths
The Obligation of a Son to Follow His Father's Customs