[Avodah] More on Married Women Should Not Wear Wigs

[Zev Sero]

On 25/10/2011 5:31 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 09:07:13PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
>>  On 24/10/2011 6:02 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

>>> a mechitzah, but is not high enough to block
>>> the view, is kosher. IIRC, RMF requires high enough to block view,
>>> not the normal halachic height for a mechitzah.

>> No, he explicitly does not require it to block the view, but merely to
>> prevent mixing; thus he holds that it only needs to be shoulder height.

> I thought shoulder height/was/  to block the view, but in any case...

By definition a shoulder-high mechitza can be seen over!  RMF permits it
because the purpose is not to prevent the men from seeing the women, but
rather to prevent them from mingling.  A waist-high mechitza wouldn't do
that, but a shoulder-high one does.  For the same reason, RMF would
presumably permit a glass mechitza.

You seem to be under the impression that RMF is a machmir on mechitza,
rather than the meikil that he is known to be.  The usual position of
poskim is that a mechitza is indeed to block the view, and therefore
must be over head height.


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