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[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Gershon Dubin wrote
> Much more likely that women never even showed up in shul;
> those few who did were probably in a separate room.

I've heard this many times. But it only makes sense to me 99% of the time. How recent is it that women come to shul for Parshas Zachor and Megillas Esther and Tekias Shofar? It is difficult for me to imagine women crowded by the doors and windows, when the number of women might be similar to the number of men.

Akiva Miller