[Avodah] mechitza

[Zev Sero]

Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:

> Not everyone agrees that the Halachah has changed - one Rav I know is of the
> opinion that while meritorious, there is no Chiyuv for women to hear
> Parashas Zachor, and he thus refuses to allow the Sefer Torah to be taken
> out on Shabbos afternoon for a second, women's, reading.

I don't understand this.  Even if there's no chiyuv, what's wrong with
taking out a sefer?  Even on stam a Wednesday, with no mitzvah whatsoever,
can't one take out a sefer torah just to learn chumash from it?

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