Despite the opposition, each Rosh Hodesh except Rosh Hashana, at 7 a.m., this group of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform women gathers in a far corner of the women's section at the Wall. Together, they recite morning prayers, singing the melodic sections of Hallel. They don't wear prayer shawls and they don't put on tefillin at the Wall. Their singing is softer than on the men's side. Even the most stringent women would agree that women have no prohibition against hearing women's voices.
Women frequently weep and wail there.
Groups recite psalms aloud, in unison. Sephardi women trill with joy. But if the Women of the Wall hit a high note in Hallel, a shush-patrol waves angry fingers at them and calls them names. Because of this tension, the Women of the Wall offered to shift their prayer times to any hour when the Wall plaza would be most empty. They were refused.