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
Immersion of utensils
Immersing a Ninja appliance in the mikveh
Evening prayer
Time of Arvit prayer for women
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Printing a prayer on Chol HaMoed
Foods kosher for Passover
Lemon Juice – Passover Kashrut
Electricity on Shabbos
Software for printing news on Shabbat
Blessing and counting of the Omer
Sefirat HaOmer – Mentioned the number of days before counting
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Watching lectures during Chol HaMoed
Taking medicines on Shabbos
Medical drops on Shabbat
Behavior in time of mourning
Mourning – Musical prayer on Chol HaMoed
Foods kosher for Passover
A frying pan that absorbed gebrokts (soaked matzah)
Kitchen
Kashering a microwave that absorbed meat
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Educational video – Chol HaMoed
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Instant‑print camera on Chol HaMoed
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Applying hair clay on Shabbat
Chametz on Passover
Sweet drink that was not sold before Pesach