Zionides

Zionides (Hebrew: צִיוֹנִים, Tsiyyonim) are piyyutim that express the longing of the Jewish nation to see the hill of Zion and the city of Jerusalem shine again in all their former glory. They date back to immediately after the 587 BCE destruction of Solomon's Temple. Since that period, Israel's poets, composers, and singers have recollected the imagined beauty of the Temple music. By far the greatest number of their works voice a desire to see the Jewish people, the city of Jerusalem, Mount Zion, and the Temple restored to their former grandeur.

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