Quotation for Pesachim 215:4
דסבר (שמות יב, ו) בין הערבים בין ערב דאתמול לערב דהאידנא
Shall we say that R'Shesheth holds [that] we learned, Close TO the great MINHAH, the reason being on account of the Passover [sacrifice], lest he prolong [the meal] and refrain from performing the Passover [-offering]; and he [also] holds as R'Oshaia, who said: 'The son of Bathyra used to declare valid the Passover [-offering] which one slaughtered in its own name<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' i.e., as a Passover, and not as a different sacrifice.');"><sup>4</sup></span> on the morning of the fourteenth'; and from the morning it is the time for the Passover, for the whole day is the time for the Passover, as he holds, [and the whole assembly.
Tosafot on Sukkah
It seems from here that women are exempt from reciting Hallel on Sukkos and Shavuos because it is a time-bound positive mitzvah. Although the Gemara implies that women are obligated in the four cups of wine on the first nights of Pesach, and the rabbis ostensibly only instituted the four cups to enhance the recitation of Hallel and Maggid, Hallel of Pesach is different because it commemorates the miracle and [women] also were part of the miracle.
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