Editing Mechitza (section)

===Height===
[[File:Mejitza.jpg|right|thumb|This mechitza was created for the Suburban Torah Center in [[Livingston, New Jersey]], and features etched glass ornamentation.]]
There are different views on the proper height of a mechitzah separating men and women in a synagogue. According to the [[Shulchan Aruch HaRav]], a mechitza needs to prevent men from seeing a woman who might be immodestly dressed, and hence a mechitza needs to be as tall as a man, or 6 feet (180 centimetres).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israel613.com/books/MECHITZA-E.pdf#search='mechitza%20height'|title=The Mechitzah: Partition|website=israel613.com|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> However, according to Orthodox Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, a mechitzah need only serve as a halakhic partition, and hence need only be the minimum height for such a partition, i.e. 10 ''[[Jewish and Biblical Units of Measurement|tefachim]]'' (about 32 inches or 80 centimetres).<ref>[http://www.asbi.org/news/newssum99.pdf#search='mechitzah%20%20soloveichik' The Mechitzah] asbi.or{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]] had an intermediate view, requiring a height of 18 tefachim (about 58 inches or 145 centimetres).<ref>Igrot Moshe, Orach Chaim 1:39</ref>

To accommodate stricter interpretations while simultaneously allowing women to see the male prayer leader, many synagogues will make an opaque wall that is 3–4 feet high and add a lattice, screen, one-way glass, or other semi-transparent material above that opaque wall. The design shown at right is an example: The etched glass is semi-transparent, while the opaque wall adheres to what the synagogue requires as the minimum height requirement. The Or Torah synagogue in Skokie, Illinois has a similar design.