Occasionally people hold additional megillah readings in someone's home on Purim.
Assuming there's no prayers other than the megillah reading and its associated brachas, must/should there be a mechitza between the men and women for the reading? If not, should they still sit in separate places, or does it not matter?
Answer
According to Rav Moshe Feinstein no mehitzah is required for even davening (as long as the men and women are separated) in a gathering that is not open to the public.
In the case of Megillah reading it will depend on whether it is a family affair or it is open to the public.
(If anyone has a problem with the volume that I quoted from, it fits with what Rav Moshe writes in his other volumes. It is just more concise and to the point.)
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