Study Kiddushin folio 34B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
It is necessary to state this verse for another reason, as it might enter your mind to say: Derive a verbal analogy with regard to Sukkot, where the verse states: “On the 15th day of this 7th month is the festival of Sukkot” (Leviticus 23:34), from Passover, where the verse states: “And on the 15th
The Talmud further asks: But there is the mitzva of appearance, i.e., the obligation to bring a burnt-offering on pilgrimage Festivals, which is a positive, time-bound mitzva. And the reason women are exempt from this obligation is that God writes, with regard to this mitzva: “3 times in the year
The Talmud answers: It was necessary for the verse to teach the halakha in this case as well, as it might enter your mind to say: Derive a verbal analogy with regard to appearance, where the verse states: 3 times in the year all of your males shall appear,” from the appearance stated with regard to
With regard to the primary proof for the principle that women are exempt from positive, time-bound mitzvot, the Talmud asks: But before deriving the halakha from tefillin, to exempt women from all positive, time-bound mitzvot, derive it from the mitzva of rejoicing on a Festival, in which women are
The Talmud asks: What can be said with regard to a widow, who no longer has a husband but is nevertheless obligated to be joyful on a Festival, as it is written: “And you shall rejoice before YHWH your God, you…and the widow” (Deuteronomy 16:11)? The Talmud answers that the mitzva does not apply di