Children Of: The Palace (bnei Heichala)

Rabbi Isaac Luria composed three primary songs for the three Shabbat meals. While "Azameir B'Shvachin" is for Friday night and "Asader L'Seudosah" is for Shabbat lunch, Bnei Heichala is the final and most solemn, reserved for the late afternoon.

The hymn is famously associated with a haunting, meditative melody ( niggun ) that is one of the "Ten Niggunim" attributed to the (Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Chassidism). Children of the Palace (Bnei Heichala)

The first letters of the verses form an acrostic that hints at the author's name, Yitzchak Luria . 3. Musical Tradition Rabbi Isaac Luria composed three primary songs for

It is sung during Ra’ava D’Ra’avin ("The Will of all Wills"), the peak of Shabbat afternoon when divine compassion is most accessible. The first letters of the verses form an

Unlike many joyful Shabbat songs, the melody for Bnei Heichala is often sung slowly and with a sense of deep longing and yearning.

The hymn is written in Aramaic and addresses the "Princes of the Palace" who yearn to behold the "splendor of Ze’ir Anpin " (a Kabbalistic term for the emotive attributes of God).