[Avodah] There was no mechitzah at the Kotel

[Rich, Joel]

Others, including myself, argued that since there is no chiyuv to daven at the kotel, or for the women to be there during minyan, with all those other shuls Y-m had at the time (how far away are the four shuls of the rova?), had davening without a mechitzah been a problem, they simply wouldn't have davened there. The presence of alternative locations removes the dochaq-ness.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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Raises an interesting (to me) question - we know there is an "inyan" of davening in a shul, even byichidut, versus davening elsewhere.(sidepoint -IIRC R'HS has said that a mechitza is required for a minyan (or makom) kavua, but not strictly required for an arai minyan)  What would the shikul hadaat be for davening in a shul alone  where the moveable mechitza is not up and there is a woman in the back far corner of the room, properly dressed and reading a tanach  vs. davening at home alone?
KT
Joel Rich
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