[Avodah] Yaakov kissing Rachel

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, November 29, 2006 9:37 am, Marty Bluke wrote:
: When Yaakov first meets Rachel the first thing he does is kiss her and then
: he cries. What is the significance of this kiss? How was Yaakov allowed to
: do that?

As soon as Yitzchaq saw her, he saw his mother's ability to raise the Jewish
people in her. Thus the kiss and the tears.

As for the permissaiblity... If we take the medrash literally that she turned
3 (rather than 15) on her wedding day, Rivqah wasn't necessarily 3 yet when he
kissed her (unless they were wed on the day they met).

Tir'u baTov!
-mi