Commentary for Arakhin 4:27
ולרבינא דאמר
Johanan B'Dahabai said in the name of R'Judah: One blind in one eye is free from the obligation to appear, for it is said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The massoretic text y-r-'-h may be accentuated to read either yir'eh (he will see) or yera'eh (he will be seen) . The first reading applied to the Lord, the second to the Israelite appearing before Him, would be thus interpreted: Just as the Lord sees him 'with two eyes' i.e., with undisturbed vision, so shall the worshipper be one appearing with 'both eyes intact, i.e., with undiminished sight. For an alternative rendering v. Hag., Sonc. ed., p. 3. n. 3.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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