כִּֽי־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָ֥הּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃
װאָרום דײַנע קנעכט גאַרן נאָך אירע שטײנער, און איר שטױב האָבן זײ ליב.
Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars
The greatest of our Sages would kiss the borders of Eretz Yisroel and its stones and roll in its dust. And so it says, “As your servants desired her stones, and loved her dust” (Psalms 102:15).