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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><<Mechitza is only a
"minhag"?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In <?xml:namespace prefix
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/><st1:place>Europe</st1:place> they didn't have mechitzos in<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Men and women sat together?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or they sat separately but with no <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>physical <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">separation?>></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Much more likely that women never
even showed up in shul; those few who did</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">were probably in a separate
room.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>Gershon<BR><A
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