Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 4:17

הכי קאמר להו כי תאמרו בנים קטנים היו וקטנים פטורין מן הסוכה כיון דשבעה הוו אי אפשר דלא הוי בהו חד שאינו צריך לאמו

Thus he said to them: If you will answer [with regard to her seven sons] that her sons were minors, and minors are free from [the <i>mitzvah</i> of] the sukkah, since [however] she had seven, there must have been at least one who was [old enough] not to be dependent on his mother;

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