Hi,
"It was taught: Once R’ Yochanan ben Berokah and R’ Elazar Chisma went to great R’ Yehoshua in Peki’in. He said to them: What novelty was stated in the study hall today?
"They responded: We are your students, and we drink your water.
"He replied: Still, it is not possible to have a study hall without a novelty. Whose Shabbat was it?
"They replied: It was the Shabbat of R’ Elazar ben Azaryah.
"He asked: What was the lesson topic?
"They answered: The section of Hakhel [the mitzvah of gathering the nation to hear sections of the Torah read aloud by the king at the site of the Beit haMikdash, every seven years].
"He asked: What did he say?
"They answered: He taught: “Why do the children come? In order to give reward to those who bring them.”
"He said: You had a great gem in your hands, and you tried to make me lose it!"
(Talmud, Chagigah 3a)
Good moed,
Mordechai
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