Rational: It is incredibly, incredibly difficult to ever even advise anyone to Pasken against Rav Moshe in America. I once mentioned to my Rabbi (and he said that what I said makes a lot of sense) that the only time where it would be okay to use a 10 Tefach Mechitzah would be if the Shul had had a MInhag to use such a Mechitzah from before the time when Rav Moshe was the Posek HaDor. But I can’t see a reason that a new Shul nowadays would be allowed to go against Rav Moshe unless there are extreme extenuating circumstances. (e.g. I know of an old age home that relies on a 10 Tefach Mechitzah because the vast majority of women there are in wheelchairs and they want the Mechitzah low enough that the women don’t feel completely boxed in.)
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