Editing Alms (section)

==Mandaeism==

===''Zidqa''===
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In [[Mandaeism]], ''zidqa'' refers to alms or almsgiving.<ref name="GR Gelbert">{{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}</ref><ref name="Drower 1937">Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.</ref> [[Mandaean priest]]s receive regular financial contributions from laypeople.

The [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]] term ''[[zidqa brika]]'' (literally "blessed [[oblation]]") refers to a ritual meal blessed by priests. An early self-appellation for Mandaeans is ''bhiri zidqa'', meaning "elect of righteousness".<ref name=RudolphEI>{{cite web|last=Rudolph|first=Kurt|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/mandaeans-2-religion |url-status=live |title=MANDAEANS ii. THE MANDAEAN RELIGION |access-date=8 January 2022|website=Encyclopaedia Iranica|date=7 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429194459/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mandaeans-2-religion |archive-date=2011-04-29 }}</ref>