[Avodah] mechitza

[Dov Kay]

I have just been learning OC, 315, where the MB and AhS both quote the Mordechai in Perek Kirah that one may erect a temporary partition between men and women when a drasha is given.  This is evidence that:
1  women attended droshos in the Mordechai's time and locality;
2  there was felt to be a need for a mechitza at such a gathering (contra the R.YYW's comment that this was not the case in early 20th century Lita); and
3  women perhaps did not attend shul or stood outside, or else why did he not refer to erection of a mechitza in a shul, espcially since shul services are more frequent than droshos.
 
Kol tuv
Dov Kay 
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