Related for Chagigah 3:6
ודלא כי האי תנא דתניא יוחנן בן דהבאי אומר משום ר' יהודה סומא באחת מעיניו פטור מן הראייה שנאמר (שמות כג, יז) יראה יראה כדרך שבא לראות כך בא ליראות מה לראות בשתי עיניו אף ליראות בשתי עיניו
But this is not in accordance with the following Baraita. For Yochanan ben Dahabai, in the name of Rabbi Yehudah, taught, He who is blind in one eye is exempt from the "appearing", as it is said, (Exodus 23:17) "He shall be seen" or "He shall see." As he went to see, so he went to be seen; just as he went to be seen with both eyes, so too to see with both eyes.
Tosefta Chagigah
Yochanan ben Dahavei says in the name of Rabbi Yehuda, Neither is a blind man [obligated to appear at the Temple on the Festivals], as it says (Ex. 23:17), "[All of your males] shall be seen," this excludes the blind. Rebbi answered the words of Yochanan ben Dahavei: The Sages decided to support the opinion of (סִיעַ) Rabbi Yehuda [in reliance upon] (1 Sam. 1:22), "Hannah did not ascend, because she said to her husband, 'When the child is weaned, [I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord]." [Just as a minor is not obligated until he can ascend independently, so too a blind person, who requires support to ascend the Temple, is not obligated to appear (see Chag. 6a:3).]
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