Commentary for Kiddushin 68:1
איצטריך סד"א נילף חמשה עשר חמשה עשר מחג המצות מה להלן נשים חייבות אף כאן נשים חייבות צריכא
It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The deduction from ha-ezrah.');"><sup>1</sup></span> is necessary [for another reason]: I might have thought, we derive [identity of law from the employment of] 'fifteen' here and in connection with the Feast of unleavened bread:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here, Lev. XXIII, 39: on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; Passover, ibid. 6: and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rava points out another reason we might have thought women were liable for the sukkah—it falls on the fifteenth of the month, as does Pesah. Since women are obligated to eat matzah on Pesah which falls on the fifteenth of the month, so too they would be liable for sukkah which falls on the fifteenth of the month. This is why we need the midrash to teach that they are exempt.
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