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Kissing the Soil of the Land of Israel

Question

Is there significance in kissing the soil when arriving in the Holy Land? 

Answer

Shalom Rav 

There is significance, as explained in the Gemara.

Source

Ketubot 112 and Rambam, Melachim, Chapter 5, Halacha 10.

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