Mechitzah

a partition in a synagogue used to separate the areas where men and women worship. In many early American synagogues the requirement for the mechitzah was fulfilled by the railing or latticework on the balcony where women sat.

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Esnoga Synagogue Complex, downstairs view of Women’s Gallery, South Side (Amsterdam). Courtesy Jewish Atlantic World Database

 

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