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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:<BR>
1 women attended droshos in the Mordechai's time and locality;<BR>
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<BR>
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.<BR>
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Kol tuv<BR>
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