“and believe it engenders love of the land”
Avirah, What about כי רצו עבדיך את אבניה ואת עפרה יחננו is ambiguous to you? Thillim 120
What about Rabi Abba kissing the stones of Acco?
and the tale in Sifri parshat Re’e on וירשתם אתה וישבתם בה Three rabanan were travelling to Nitzivin (chu”l) to learn Torah with Rabi Yehuda ben Bethera (alternate vesion–they were going to declare a cherem on chaver who was m’aber shana in chu”l)They reached Peileton and cried (about losing the mizvah kuyumis of dwelling in the land) and returned to their places.
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