Commentary for Sukkah 18:5

אי בשחבטן מאי למימרא מהו דתימא ניגזור היכא דחבטן אטו היכא דלא חבטן קמ"ל דלא גזרינן

If the branches were interwoven, why mention the case at all? One might have thought that it should be prohibited where it is interwoven lest he regard it as valid even where it was not interwoven, [therefore the mishnah] informs us that we don't decree against it.

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