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The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) defines a Partnership Minyan (pl. '''Partnership Minyanim'''), as a prayer group that is both committed to maintaining Halakhic standards and practices and also committed to including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law. This means that the Minyan is made up of 10 men, men and women are separated by a Mechitzah , and the traditional liturgy is used. However, women may fully participate in ''kriyat ha'Torah'' ( Torah Reading ), including ''layning'' and receiving ''aliyot'', and may lead parts of the Prayer Service such as ''psukei d'zimrah'' and ''kabbalat Shabbat'', which do not contain ''d'varim she b'kedusha''. Some Partnership Minyanim also wait to begin parts of the service requiring a ''minyan'' until 10 women as well as 10 men are present. Such a minyan is also known as a Shira Hadasha Style Minyan, after Kehillat Shira Hadasha in Jerusalem , the first such ''minyan'' to be established, in 2001. It is also sometimes called a '''Minyan Shivyoni Hilchati''' or '''Minyan Hilchati-Shivyoni'''. The existence of Partnership Minyanim was preceded by an opinion by Modern Orthodox Rabbi Mendel Shapiro in 2001, subsequently joined by Bar-Ilan University Talmud Professor Rabbi Daniel Sperber , that ''halakha'' (Jewish Law) permits Orthodox women to be called to and read from the Torah on Shabbat under certain conditions. The ''halakhic'' opinions underlying a Partnership Minyan and permitting an expanded role for women are controversial developments in Modern Orthodox Judaism that currently represent the views only of a small number of rabbinical authorities, and have not been accepted by most Orthodox authorities, Modern or otherwise. A small number of Partnership Minyanim have been established in Israel , the United States , Canada , and Australia . SEE ALSO
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