References to Zion and Jerusalem in classical Jewish prayer and ritual are significant.
""But because of our sins we have been exiled from our land and sent far from our soil...Draw our scattered ones near from among the nations, and bring in our dispersions from the ends of the earth.
Bring us to Zion your city in glad song, and to Jerusalem home of your sanctuary in eternal joy.
""Have mercy, Lord, our God...on Jerusalem, Your city; and on Zion, the resting place of Your glory...
Bring us up into it and gladden us in its rebuilding and let us eat from its fruit and be satisfied with its goodness and bless You upon it in holiness and purity.”"Comfort, Lord our God, the mourners of Zion and the mourners of Jerusalem..."It concludes with "Blessed art Thou, Lord, who brings comfort to Zion and rebuilds Jerusalem.