<p>Rabbi Rakefet is a fierce critic of separate seating. The gemara says that at the eulogy of the yetzer hara at the end of days a mechitza between the sexes will be necessary. At a wedding in our days the need for a mechitza is far more necessary. Many many poskim deem it an absolute requirement.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The argument about havןng to sit next to ones wife is a weak one. One can live for a few minutes without sitting next to his wife. What about married men looking at other people's wives??&nbsp;</p> <p>והיה מחניך קדוש!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>