וַיְצַ֥ו מֹשֶׁ֖ה אוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִקֵּ֣ץ ׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֗ים בְּמֹעֵ֛ד שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה בְּחַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃
Et Moïse leur ordonna ce qui suit: "A la fin de chaque septième année, à l’époque de l’année de relâche, lors de la fête des tentes,
Tosefta Sotah
It so happened with Rabbi Yochanan ben Berokah and Rabbi Elazar ben Hisma, that they were traveling from Yavneh to Lod, [and they stopped] to pay a visit to Rabbi Yehoshua in Peki'in (בפקיעין not מפקיעין). Rabbi Yehoshua said to them, "What news do you have from the house of study today?" They said to him, "Rabbi, we are your students, and from your waters we drink." He said to them, "It is impossible that there nothing new was discussed in the house of study. Whose week was it (see Ber. 28a:13)?" They said to him, "Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah." He said to them, "What did he discuss?" They said to him, "[He discussed the commandment of Hakhel, to] 'Gather the people, the men, the women, and the little children'"(Deut. 31:10-12). He said to them, "What did he expound about it?" They said to him, "He expounded thus: If men came to learn [and] women came to listen, why did the little children come? In order to bestow a reward upon those who brought them. And another thing that he expounded (Dev. 26:17-18), 'You have declared today for Hashem [to be your God] ... [and] God has declared today for you [to be his treasured people].' The Holy One Blessed be He said to Israel, just as you have made me your only object of love in this world, so too I will make you my only object of love in the World to Come."