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As we discuss here, in a synagogue or set prayer setting, a mechitza is obligatory for prayer, even to separate man from wife. Rav Moshe Feinstein notes that praying with separation, but without a mechitza, is permissible in ad hoc or private settings. It would seem that his ruling could apply to a family praying together on an occasional or temporary basis, so that a mechitza would not be necessary, though males and females above bar or bat mitzva should sit separately. This does not require much distance or bona fide designated sections, just some physical separation. Rav Yehuda Henkin (Benei Banim II:12) and Rav Hershel Schachter (here) have said that this distance should be at least four amot, about 180 cm (just under six feet). See more Q&A here. Marked as spam
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