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
Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah
Blessing on Apple with Honey
Rosh ha-Shanah prayers
Doubt if 'Hamelech Hakadosh' was said
Rosh ha-Shanah prayers
Changes in Prayer during the Ten Days of Repentance
Rosh ha-Shanah
The Mitzvah of Onah on Rosh Hashanah
Rosh ha-Shanah
Visiting Graves on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh ha-Shanah
Clothing for Rosh Hashanah
Rosh ha-Shanah prayers
Conditions for Appointing a Chazan
Rosh ha-Shanah prayers
Firing the cantor
Blowing the Shofar
Blowing the Shofar on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah
The seventh year (Shemittah)
Pruzbul for each child
Rosh ha-Shanah
Immersion on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh ha-Shanah
Annulment of Vows Before Rosh Hashanah
Rosh ha-Shanah
Fasting on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah
Selichos
Blessings on the Torah before Selichot
Yom Kippur prayers
Standing During Confession