Tosefta for Chagigah 11:7
אמר אביי כל היכא דגדול מיחייב מדאורייתא קטן נמי מחנכינן ליה מדרבנן כל היכא דגדול פטור מדאורייתא מדרבנן קטן נמי פטור:
Abaye said, Wherever an adult is obligated on a Torah level, we educate a child in it also on a rabbinic level. And wherever an adult is exempt on a Torah level, a child is also exempt on a rabbinic level.
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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