<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -26.2pt 10pt 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Consider the following scenario: The mechitzah in a shul consists of metal poles which are of the correct height for a mechitzah but there is more space between the metal poles than the width of the metal itself. The space between the poles is however less than 3 tefachim. There is no curtain covering these poles. The women&rsquo;s section is at the same level as the men&rsquo;s and is situated both the right and the left of the men&rsquo;s section. Needless to say one can see the women. The question: Can one apply the principle of &ldquo;lovud&rdquo; to call this a mechitzah and hence it would be permitted to daven at such a shul?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -26.2pt 10pt 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>