Simcha Bunim Cohen

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Shabbat

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Biography

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, the grandson-in-law of Rabbi Avigdor Miller

Avigdor Miller

Rabbi Avigdor Miller was a Haredi rabbi, author and lecturer in the United States. He served simultaneously as a communal rabbi and as the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and as a teacher in Bais Yaakov for many years.-Biography:Rabbi Miller was born to a non-rabbinical family in...

, is a senior kollel

Kollel

A kollel is an institute for advanced studies of the Talmud and of rabbinic literature for Jewish men, essentially a post-graduate yeshiva which pays married men a regular monthly stipend or annual salary to study Judaism's classic texts in depth.-Original sense:Originally, the word was...

 fellow at Beth Medrash Govoha

Beth Medrash Govoha

Beth Medrash Govoha is the largest Talmudical Academy in the United States and one of the largest in the world. A Haredi institution, it was founded in 1943 by Rabbi Aharon Kotler with 13 students in Lakewood Township, New Jersey where it remains. It is commonly known as Bais Medrash Govoha,...

 and lives with his wife and children in Lakewood Township

Lakewood Township, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He serves as the rabbi for Khal Ateres Yeshaya.

Works

Cohen authors his books for those fluent primarily in English. His works on the laws of Shabbat cover their topics in depth and include extensive footnoting and sourcing in Hebrew on the bottom of each page and are "clear, easy to use and authoritative":

• The Shabbos Kitchen: A comprehensive halachic guide to the preparation of food and other kitchen activities on Shabbos
• The Shabbos Home (vol I and II): A comprehensive halachic guide to the preparation of food and other kitchen activities on Shabbos
• The Sanctity of Shabbos: A comprehensive guide to the laws of Shabbos and Yom Tov as they apply to a non-Jew doing work on behalf of a Jew
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• The Radiance of Shabbos: The complete laws of the Shabbos and Festival candle lighting, Kiddush
  Kiddush
  Kiddush is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat, Jewish holiday or a Bat or Bar Mitzvah ceremony. The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat - to "keep it" and to "remember it" . Jewish law therefore requires that Shabbat be observed in two respects...
  
  , Lechem Mishneh, meals, Bircas Hamazon, and Havdalah
  Havdalah
  Havdalah is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. In Judaism, Shabbat ends—and the new week begins—at nightfall on Saturday. Havdalah may be recited as soon as three stars are visible in the night sky. Some communities delay...
  
  
• The Laws of Yom Tov: A comprehensive halachic guide to the laws and practices of the Festivals
• Muktzeh, A Practical Guide: A comprehensive treatment of the principles and common applications of the laws of muktzeh
• Laws of Daily Living: A comprehensive halachic guide to Morning Routines, Preparations for Prayers, Tallis
  Tallis
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  , Tefillin
  Tefillin
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  , The Berachos, Amen, Pesukei Dezimrah
• Children in Halacha: Laws relating to young children: Chinuch, Shabbos, Kashrus, Learning and much more

Because his texts make it easy for those with a limited grasp of Hebrew vocabulary, they appear on numerous "must-read" lists for converts and ba'alei teshuva.