Commentary for Kiddushin 68:3
איצטריך סד"א נילף ראיה ראיה מהקהל
But what of pilgrimage,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'appearance' - before the Lord on Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles.');"><sup>3</sup></span> which is an affirmative command limited to time, yet the reason [of woman's exemption] is that Scripture wrote, [Three times in the year all] thy males [shall appear before the Lord thy God],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIII, 17.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Women are obligated to gather at the Temple at the end of the Sabbatical cycle (Deuteronomy 31:11). I might have thought that since they are obligated for this mitzvah, they are also obligated for the pilgrimage, despite its being a positive time-bound commandment. Therefore, the Torah specifically exempts women from the pilgrimage.
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