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a delicate man, who cannot walk without shoes. As it is written: “When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?” (Isaiah 1:12). Entering the Temple with shoes is described by the prophet as trampling, and therefore one who cannot enter barefoot is exem
It is taught: The uncircumcised and the ritually impure are exempt from the mitzva of appearance. The Talmud comments: Granted, a ritually impure person is exempt, as it is written: “And there you shall come” (Deuteronomy 12:5), followed by: “And there you shall bring” (Deuteronomy 12:6). The juxta
However, with regard to the uncircumcised, from where do we derive that he is exempt? The Talmud answers: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, who amplifies the halakha so that the uncircumcised is included in the same category as the r
A baraita states: A ritually impure person is exempt from the mitzva of appearance, as it is written: “And there shall you come,” “and there you shall bring.” Anyone included in coming is also included in the obligation of bringing offerings; and anyone not included in coming is not included in the
R' Yoḥanan ben Dehavai says in the name of R' Yehuda: One who is blind in one of his eyes is exempt from the mitzva of appearance, as it is stated: “3 times a year all your males shall appear [yera’e] before YHWH God” (Exodus 23:17). Since there are no vowels in the text, this can be read as: All y