Sam: Chatzi Shekel?
Feif: You missed the point. *IF* women would’ve come, you would’ve needed at least a third stadium, instead of just the two stadiums they rented. I’m not saying women should’ve come and mixed with the men, just if the women of the men attendees would’ve been there, it would have been double the size. And people under 19 years old were strongly discouraged from getting a ticket beforehand. Its true some children came, but a relatively small number. If they would’ve bussed in the school children from the Yeshivas and Beis Yaakov’s, even four stadiums would be too small for the Chareidim from the New York Metropolitan Area. If the Chareidim from around the country flew in, forget it, you would’ve probably needed to rent out the entire Island of Manhattan to accomodate all of them. (Okay, maybe the last sentence is a slight exaggeration.)