Halakhah for Chagigah 12:12
בעי רב חסדא האי קרא היכי כתיב (שמות כד, ה) וישלח את נערי בני ישראל ויעלו עולות כבשים ויזבחו זבחים שלמים לה' פרים או דלמא אידי ואידי פרים הוו
R. Chisda asked, What does this verse mean? (Exodus 24:5) "And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings," - [referring to] lambs, "and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to God." Or perhaps both of them were oxen?
Sefer HaMitzvot
That is that He commanded us to ascend to the Temple three times a year. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "Three times a year shall you have a holiday for me" (Exodus 23:14). And it is already explained in Scripture that this holiday is that all who ascend do so with a sacrifice to offer. And behold that this command has been repeated twice. And their language (Chagigah 6b) is, "Three commandments are practiced on the festival - the festival-offering, the sight-offering and the joy-offering." And the content of this festival-offering is that it be offered as a peace offering. But women are not obligated to do it. And the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in Tractate Chagigah. (See Parashat Mishpatim; Mishneh Torah, Festival Offering.)
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