Fiery Speech by Reb Shlomo Carlebach About Mechitza / Partition Separating Men and WOMEN & NEW AGE

Fiery Speech by Reb Shlomo Carlebach ZTL About Mechitza / Partition Separating Men and Women & NEW AGE
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Mechitzah: Separate Seating in the Synagogue

The Mechitzah is the physical barrier separating the men’s section and women’s section of an Orthodox synagogue.

In Orthodox congregations, men and women are not, permitted, to, sit, together, during, prayer, services,. The height of the mechitzah varies, and it can be a curtain, screen or even shelving or plants. In some synagogues, instead of being divided by a mechitzah, the women’s section is in the balcony and the men’s section is on the main floor of the sanctuary.
Origins of the Mechitzah

It is unclear exactly when mechitzahs came into use, and the
(Jewish law) issues are equally ambiguous. The wording of the Talmudic texts is unclear, and the codes nowhere explicitly require a mechitzah. There is neither a direct prohibition nor a direct requirement. Maimonides refers to the women’s section in his compilation of laws dealing with the ancient Temple and not in the section dealing with prayer and synagogue. Other medieval texts specifically mention using a parti­tion for public occasions such as the rabbi’s lecture.