Kissing Children

"I want you to know, we have no problem kissing children, but, the older we get, the harder it is to kiss a person because, you know, when we kiss our children’s little heads, we are kissing the Shechina [Divine Presence]. This is so beautiful. The older we get, the further away we are from the Shechina, G-d forbid, and so the harder it is to kiss a person. So I want to bless all the children, and all the future children, and grandchildren, and everyone, that your whole life, people should want to kiss you day and night. Because when they kiss you, you know, it’s not so simple…."

R' Shlomo Carlebach