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
Absorbtion
Pareve Food Cooked in a Ben Yomo Meat Pot
Living in the sukkah
The Blessing over Sitting in the Sukkah — While Seated or Standing
Prayer in unclean places
Smell of a Lizard Carcass
Workers rights
Payment for Work During Hours of Delay
Tombstone
Tombstone — Material and Time of Erection
Nolad
Freezing Water or Juice on Shabbat
Returing lost objects
Until When Must One Keep a Found Object
Cross-dressing
When May One Be Lenient Regarding Dyeing the Hair of the Beard
Immersion of utensils
Tevilat Kelim – Fruit Basket
Wedding meal and Sheva Berachos
Calculating the Days of Sheva Berachot
Prayer in unclean places
Disregarding One’s Personal Perception — Bad Odor
Honouring parents
Honoring One’s Father and Mother in a Difficult Situation
Copyright
Listening to Music Without Payment
Cemetery Visits
Prayer in a Cemetery on Rosh Chodesh
Walking and sitting in front of and behing a praying person
Students Who Are Beginning to Pray Shemoneh Esrei