Talmud for Makkot 2:3

“It was hidden from her husband’s eyes¹⁹⁹Num. 5:13.”, that excludes the blind man who has no eyes²⁰⁰Tanḥuma Naśo 7, Tanḥuma Buber Naśo 11 (Note 62); Sifry Num. 7, Sifry zuṭa Naśo; Num. rabba 9(36); Babli 27a (the only other source which also includes the blind wife).. It is the same for the blind man and the blind woman. This baraita follows Rebbi Jehudah who frees him from all obligations in the Torah²⁰¹Quoted also in Babli Qiddušin31a. Since some of the great Babylonian authorities were blind (Rav Sheshet and Rav Yoseph), practice does not follow R. Jehudah. (Nevertheless, Maimonides disqualifies the blind man from the ceremony of the suspected wife)..

MISHNAH: A minor reads in the Torah and translates¹⁴⁰Since these activities depend only on ability, not personal obligation. but he does not spread out the Shema`, nor stands before the Ark, nor lifts his hands. The uncovered<sup>141</sup>In Is. 20, Jonathan translates עָרוֹם by פָחֵיחַ(while at all other occurrences the translation is ערטילאי). Rif explains: פּוֹחֵחַ means one whose clothing is torn and his shoulder and arms are naked. Rashi quotes Soferim14:15: פּוֹחֵחַ is one whose feet are naked, or whose clothing is torn, or whose head is uncovered. He may do anything which is not visible in public. spreads out the Shema` and translates, but he may not read in the Torah nor stand before the Ark, nor lift his hands. A blind man spreads out the Shema`<sup>142</sup>This Tanna holds that blindness is not a disability freeing from religious observances. and translates. Rebbi Jehudah says, a person who never saw light does not spread out the Shema`¹⁴³Since the first benediction preceding the Shema` is a praise of God for the creation of light..