Commentary for Sukkah 2:8

נָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים וּקְטַנִּים, פְּטוּרִים מִן הַסֻּכָּה. קָטָן שֶׁאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְאִמּוֹ, חַיָּב בַּסֻּכָּה. מַעֲשֶׂה וְיָלְדָה כַלָּתוֹ שֶׁל שַׁמַּאי הַזָּקֵן וּפִחֵת אֶת הַמַּעֲזִיבָה וְסִכֵּךְ עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּטָּה בִּשְׁבִיל הַקָּטָן:

Women, bondsmen, and minors are exempt from the (mitzvah of) succah, [it being written (Leviticus 23:42): "Every citizen in Israel shall sit in succoth" — to exclude women, who, even though they are obligated in the eating of matzah the first night of Pesach, are not obligated in (the mitzvah of) succah the first night of the festival.] A minor who does not need his mother is obligated in (the mitzvah of) succah. [If he awakes from his sleep and does not call out "Mother, Mother," he is regarded as "not needing his mother," and the mitzvah is binding upon him; otherwise, he is exempt. This is the halachah. And this is the case only if he keeps on calling for his mother and does not stop until she comes. But if he calls once and then stops, he is not regarded as "needing his mother."] Once, when the daughter-in-law of Shammai the elder gave birth, he hollowed part of the ceiling and placed schach over the bed on behalf of the child.

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