Halakhah for Chagigah 12:2
מי איכא מידי דמעיקרא לא בעי הפשט וניתוח ולבסוף בעי הפשט וניתוח
is it something which at first does not need to be flayed and cut, and in the end did need to be flayed and cut? [The regular sacrifices need these details when they are first commanded! So the continual burnt-offering must have been commanded first at the tent of meeting, and not before the Decalogue at Sinai, because it needs the details along with the general principles. The "appearing" sacrifice did not need these details and surely was given before the Decalogue.]
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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