Reference for Chagigah 5:12

והא רגלים מבעי ליה פרט לבעלי קבין ההוא מפעמים נפקא דתניא פעמים אין פעמים אלא רגלים וכן הוא אומר (ישעיהו כו, ו) תרמסנה רגל רגלי עני פעמי דלים ואומר (שיר השירים ז, ב) מה יפו פעמיך בנעלים בת נדיב

But this "footgoing times," is needed to exempt men with wooden legs! This comes out of "pe'amim" [which can be translated both as "times" and "steps"], for it is taught in a Baraita: "Pe'amim" refers not to "times" but "feet", and so it says, (Isaiah 26:6) "The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the feet ("pe'amei") of the needy," and it says, (Song of Songs 7:2) "How beautiful are your feet (pa'amech") in shoes, O prince's daughter!"

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