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 Pill-Splitting Device in a Mikveh
Kashering utensils
Kashering stove grates for Sephardim
Mixtures
Meat tray onto which a drop of dairy splashed
Foods kosher for Passover
Quaker – chametz?
Customs during the sefirah
Dance class during the Omer
Mixtures
Black pepper – kitniyot?
Business during Chol ha-Moed
Trading Stocks – Chol HaMoed
Mixtures
Cornflakes Spilled onto a Chametz Utensil
What types of income are obligated
Maaser Kesafim – Paying in Advance
Returing lost objects
Returning a Lost Item: Anonymous Rav-Kav Card
Barrier in Hand Washing
Is soap on the hand considered a chatzitzah (barrier) for netilat yadayim?
Selling chametz
Sale of chametz in a student dormitory
Vows and oaths
Changing a custom – annulment of vows
Immersion of utensils
Cotton candy machine – tevilat kelim
Preparing the kitchen for passover
Kashering a hotplate for Pesach