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
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Using a Mechanical Watch on Shabbat
Muktzeh
Carrying an Electric Infusion Device
Eiruv chatzeiros
Carrying on a Resort Abroad
Blessings on various foods
Blessing on Sprouts Grown in Water
Orlah
Counting the Years of Orlah for a Tree Transplanted to a New Location
Blessings on various foods
Blessing on Sprouts
Rabbinical prohibitions on Shabbos
Bathing in a Pool on Shabbat
Mezuzah
A Woman Who Affixed a Mezuzah
Interposition during immersion
Law of Barrier in Stitches
Disposing of holy texts and objects
Causing Disrespect to Sacred Texts
Rosh Chodesh
The Custom of Reciting Yom Kippur Katan
The First Year after Death
Birthday in the Year of Mourning
Melaveh malka
Third Meal as Melave Malka
Cooking
Telling a Non-Jew to Cook for Him on Shabbat
Eiruv chatzeiros
Eruv in a Hotel