Midrash for Chagigah 5:11
אמר רבי תנחום חיגר ברגלו אחת פטור מן הראיה שנאמר רגלים
R. Tanchum said, He that is lame in one foot is exempt from the "appearing", as it is said, "footgoing (regel) times."
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 16:15) "Three times in the year": "times" signifies "festivals," as it is written (Isaiah 26:6) "the times" (i.e., festivals) of the poor," and (Song of Songs 7:3) "How beautiful are your (festival) times (of "steps" [to Jerusalem]) in sandals!"
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