The zidqa brika is offered and eaten at the end of tarmida (junior priest) initiation ceremonies, after the novice's 60-day seclusion period.[1] It is also offered at weddings[4] and during the Parwanaya festival.[5]
It is distinct from the lofani and dukrana, which are two other types of ritual meal offered for the dead.[3]
Prayers
In E. S. Drower's version of the Qolasta, prayers 348-374 are for the zidqa brika. Prayers 375-381 are blessings recited after the zidqa brika.[6]
^ abBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-515385-5. OCLC65198443.
^Segelberg, Eric. 1977. "Zidqa Brika and the Mandæan Problem. In Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Gnosticism. Ed. Geo Widengren and David Hellholm. Stockholm.
^ abDrower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
