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
Trade and consumption
Using Credit Left by Mistake
Shehecheyanu
Blessing on Buying a Sofa
Unfair pricing
Fraud in Selling to a Non-Jew
Repetition of the Amidah
The Law of Praying with the Chazan
Holiness of the synagogue
Bringing Products and Bicycles into the Synagogue
Shehecheyanu
Shehecheyanu Blessing on Purchasing Religious Software
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Newborn Photography during Chol Hamoed
The seventh year (Shemittah)
The Sanctity of the Seventh Year in Mixed Food
The form of use of seventh produce
Amount of Shemitah Fruits Allowed for Harvesting
Mezuzah
The Measurement of Four Cubits for a Mezuzah
Trade and consumption
Payment for Bags in the Store
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Unintentional Shabbat Violation
Medication on Shabbos
Applying Ointment on Shabbat
Selichos
Fasting during the Days of Selichot
Periods
Calculating Menstrual Cycle During Pregnancy