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
Living in the sukkah
I was outside the sukkah when the rain stopped
Living in the sukkah
It’s about to start raining of Sukkoth
Living in the sukkah
Sitting in the Sukkah After the Rain
Living in the sukkah
Amount of Rain that Exempts from Sitting in the Sukkah
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
Time for Reciting 'Yehi Ratzon' During the Eating of Rosh Hashanah Symbols
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
Mistake in the Conclusion of Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
Mistake in Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah
Havdalah
Reciting 'Baruch Hamavdil' in an Unclean Place
Esrog
Blessing on an Etrog Brought Illegally
Havdalah
Reciting 'Baruch Hamavdil' When Needing the Bathroom
Donning tzitzis
Interruption in Wearing a Tallit Before the Shofar Blasts
Blowing the Shofar
Switching the Shofar During the Blowing
Blowing the Shofar
Noise during Shofar Blowing
Blowing the Shofar
Did Not Hear the Blessing on the Shofar
Blowing the Shofar
Blessing on Shofar Blowing for Women