mehitzah

American  

[muh-khee-tsah, muh-khee-tsuh] / mə xiˈtsɑ, məˈxi tsə /

Or mechitzah

noun

Hebrew.

mehitzoth, plural mehitzot, plural mehitzos plural

1. a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.

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noun

• mehitzos
  plural
• mehitzot
  plural
• mehitzoth
  plural