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
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Shortly before the onset of Shabbat, a Jew put on completely clean pants, and the drawstrings…
Gifts for the poor
Matanot LaEvyonim by Bank Transfer
Order of the sacrifices
Reciting the order of the Ketoret
Blessings
Blessing on perfume, praying on the bus, opening packaging on Shabbat, praying with a bad odor
Reading the Megillah
Hearing the Megillah Reading via Broadcast
Halaki - first haircut of age 3
Haircut for a baby girl and a baby boy
Fasting for an ill person
Fast of Esther with a throat infection
Caring for body and soul
Obligation to go to the protected room during a siren
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Shabbat – Closing a bottle that wounds the fingers
Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos
Using Mouthwash on Shabbat
Sick, weak, giving birth, breastfeeding
Fast of Esther – iron deficiency and inflammation
Tznius
Thickness of the stockings
Mourning
Mourning for a person who requested that his body be cremated
Fast of Esther
Ta'anit Esther – Diabetes
Reading the Megillah
Requests in prayer; reciting Shema in the middle of Pesukei DeZimra and the blessings of Shema; a resident of a walled city who went to a regular city; concern of pikuach nefesh on Shabbat