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
Foods kosher for Passover
Kashrut of Primolut Nor
Kitchen
Covering the sink with contact paper for Pesach
Kashering utensils
Electrolux oven model 6524 – kashering for Pesach
Chametz on Passover
Plasticine on Pesach
Monetary Laws and Charity
Food vouchers – Keren Yedidut Fund
Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)
Expenses of Chol HaMoed
Mezuzah
Placing mezuzot in various locations in the house
Chametz after Passover
Flour – Chametz?
Jewish Worldview
Rejoicing at the Downfall of the Wicked
Chametz on Passover
Chametz in the office
Zimmun
Zimun with a secular Jew who does not recite Birkat HaMazon
Foods kosher for Passover
Selling chametz – vanilla pudding powder
Selecting
Moving boxes – the prohibition of borer (selecting)
Preparing the kitchen for passover
Old chametz utensils – use on Pesach
Tzedakah and Maaser
Who Is Obligated to Give Kimcha DePischa