Midrash for Chagigah 5:5
ובעי רבי רחמי עלייהו ואיתסו ואשתכח דהוו גמירי הלכתא וספרא וספרי וכולה הש"ס
and Rabbi asked for mercy for them, and they were healed, and it was ascertained that they were knowledgable of Halachah and Sifra and Sifre and all the Six Orders [of the Mishnah].
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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