[Avodah] Need for a Mehitza (was Re: [Areivim] Possibly the first film of the Kotel, 1911)

Harry Maryles via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Sun Jan 8 14:31:30 PST 2017


On Jan 8, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Prof. Levine <larry62341 at optonline.net> wrote:
...
> I found the following at http://tinyurl.com/hw4snbk
> 
> Davening Without Mechitzah
...
>> There is no formal obligation on davening in a place without a
>> mechitzah, so that if one has to daven in a makeshift room, and there
>> is no mechitzah, there is no prohibition of doing so.

>> However, one must not daven in a place where there is no mechitzah
>> on a permanent level, for this would imply granting legitimacy to this
>> forbidden practice which runs contrary to a well-known halachah.

You will note that Me'ikar hadin there is no prohibition to Daven without
a partition. The custom in hotels during weddings that I mentioned in
my prior comment was based on comment made by Rabbi Dovid Zucker RK of
the CCK. I didn't make it up.

HM



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