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
Funeral and Burial
Counting the Omer for an Onen
Miscellaneous blessings
Blessing upon Seeing Graves at a Funeral
Miscellaneous blessings
Time for the Shehecheyanu Blessing for a Mourner
Miscellaneous blessings
Time for the Blessing of 'Dayan Ha'emet'
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Prayer Text in Educational Institutions
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Prayer Text for a Baal Teshuva
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Her Husband Prays in a Different Tradition
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Prayed in a Different Rite
Text of the Shemoneh Esreh
Prayer in a Congregation with a Different Custom
Medicine
Cough Syrup Without Kosher Certification
The seventh year (Shemittah)
Use of Vegetables from Heter Mechira
Honoring Shabbos
Haircut and Shaving on Thursday
Absorbtion
Absorption of Food in a Dairy Pan
Mixtures of meat and dairy
Distinction in Bread After Baking
Ground work
Plant Care During the Shemitah