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Daily prayer in Mandaeism, called brakha ࡁࡓࡀࡊࡀ in Mandaic language (cognate with Hebrew berakhah and Arabic barakah) or occasionally birukta ( birukhta),

Brikha H.S. Nasoraia (2025). 9788195082414, Sterling. ISBN 9788195082414

consists of set prayers that are recited three times per day.

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (2025). 9781593336219, Gorgias Press. ISBN 9781593336219

Mandaeans stand facing north while reciting daily prayers.

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (2025). 9780195153859, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195153859

Unlike in Islam and Eastern Christianity, prostration is not practiced.

recite rahma prayersLidzbarski, Mark. 1920. Mandäische Liturgien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin. three times every day, while laypeople also recite the Rushuma (signing prayer) and Asut Malkia ("Healing of Kings") daily. When priests lead laypeople during prayers, laypeople repeat each word or phrase of a prayer after the priest, similar to certain parts of Roman Catholic masses.

In Mandaic, the generic term for an individual prayer is buta ࡁࡅࡕࡀ (plural form: bawata ࡁࡀࡅࡀࡕࡀ).

Prayer times

The three prayer times in Mandaeism are:Choheili, Shadan. Rishama and Barakha Rituals. Liverpool, NSW: Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.

dawn (sunrise) (corresponding to the Fajr prayer in Islam and Shacharit in Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of the Right Ginza as rahmia ḏ-miṣṭipra = ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡉࡀ ࡖࡌࡉࡎࡈࡉࡐࡓࡀ)
noontime (the "seventh hour") (corresponding to the Zuhr prayer in Islam and Mincha in Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of the Right Ginza as rahmia ḏ-šuba šaiia = ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡉࡀ ࡖࡔࡅࡁࡀ ࡔࡀࡉࡉࡀ)
evening (sunset) (corresponding to the Maghrib prayer in Islam and Maariv in Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of the Right Ginza as rahmia ḏ-l-paina = ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡉࡀ ࡖࡋࡐࡀࡉࡍࡀ)

Traditionally, the prayers are performed while wearing the rasta (robe), burzinqa (turban), and himiana (belt).

Opening rahma prayer

Before each of the daily prayers, the following opening rahma (daily devotional prayer; recorded multiple times as prayers (morning prayer), (noontime prayer), and (evening prayer) in E. S. Drower's 1959 Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans) is recited.

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